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Select some hot, humid Monday in late June or early July, when man's faith in man reaches its perspiring nadir, to publicize "The Biggest Damn Fool of the Year...
...kilograms) to supply 15 times the world's legitimate needs. In Peiping, Tientsin and other cities, the Japs opened hundreds of opium dens with signs proclaiming "Good Taste . . . High Quality . . . Comfortable Beds." They peddled narcotic patent medicines for females, narcotic candy for children. Degradation reached a nadir in Mukden's red-light alleys, where dying addicts were commonly dumped on rubbish heaps...
Said Minister of National Economy Mendès-France: "Conditions now appear ripe for improvement." The curve of the national economy, which touched its nadir several weeks ago, is now rising. Shipping is no longer so scarce; for example, the port of Marseilles handles more than its prewar tonnage. Carloadings are up. The textile industry is gathering headway. By 1946 French agriculture will supply the nation's bread, the period of "repairs" will be over, the period of "getting started" will begin. And by 1948 the period of genuine "economic planning" can be launched...
Sirs: Harken to the nadir in customer's men, as I must be, since I am not in the least dis pleased over the new bull market as described in TIME, May 24. The fact that the Stock Exchange officials and the brokers are not enjoying this boom in securities is of little concern. Is John Q. Public, the man who always gets it in the end, and the man for whom the Exchange exists and functions, having a good time...
...Elis pulled even farther ahead in the second half, and here the Harvard five reached its all-season nadir. In the first ten minutes of the period, while Yale took a 35 to 27 lead, the team took exactly five shots at the basket. Every time the Varsity moved down the floor, it found a new way to lose the ball. Blind passes, stolen balls, and what passed for Eli aggressiveness all took their toll. Underneath the backboard the Crimson was helpless...