Word: modeles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Apparently no big U.S. university can now afford to pick a scholar for its president. The U.S. college president, 1947 model, has to be a salesman, skilled at wheedling bequests from his alumni; a special pleader when it comes to dealing with his trustees; an executive when it comes to bossing his community of scholars. Last week, the University of Southern California picked a new president, and ran true to form...
...brothers affected bis flat, wide-brimmed black hat and yellow tie. They even signed his invitations with meticulous copies of the famous Whistler signature: a butterfly with a sting in its tail. Sitting on either side of their hero at a life class, they seldom looked at the model; their eyes were fixed on the Master's drawing. Sometimes Whistler would roll a cigaret and smoke it; the Greaves brothers solemnly copied him, puff for puff...
Mighty Midgets. Boeing Aircraft Co. has developed two midget-sized gas turbine engines light enough to be carried (see cut). One model weighs only 85 lbs. Another, weighing 140 lbs., is rated at 200 h.p. (compared with 300 lbs. for a reciprocating engine of similar power). The larger engine may be adapted for use in boats, electrical generating, etc., as well as flying...
...thought were available for raises were somewhere else. Said Union President William Lawlor: "The books proved that a major portion of this surplus was invested in inventory. They also showed that the company, since V-J day, has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in designing and tooling new model machine tools. Both these points, to us, spell job security. A general wage increase at this time would put an undue strain on the company's resources." The union withdrew its 15?-an-hour demand, settled for six paid holidays (equivalent to a 3?-an-hour raise). In September...
This Year's Model. In Edinburgh, Scotland, an official of the College of Art explained why this spring's exhibition offered far fewer nude paintings: last winter's coal shortage discouraged models from posing...