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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...same time, the capitalist system is approaching another disastrous depression (by lumping in "those not working a full week," Malenkov arrived at a U.S. unemployed total of 14 million). Russia, on the other hand, is surrounded by friendly neighbors* and, since the West's fiasco in China, the number of people in the Soviet orbit now amounts to 800 million. "We do not want war," cried Malenkov. "Let no one imagine, however, that we are intimidated . . . The Soviet government possesses the atomic weapon...
...Malaria: the Biography of a Killer, published this week (Rinehart; $3.75). Actually, says Dr. Warshaw, the disease has struck from the Arctic to Patagonia. Once known as "the shakes," it was rife a century ago throughout most of the U.S. Dr. Warshaw, a New York diagnostician, estimates the number of U.S. sufferers today as high as 4,000,000. But no one knows just how many there are, because malaria is a skilled mimic, imitating the symptoms of other diseases...
...week there were public lectures in the Great Hall on subjects ranging from atomic fission to Indonesian dances. Among the Union's eminent alumni had been Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Labor Leader Samuel Gompers, Scientist-Inventor Michael Pupin. Moreover, Cooper Union had served as inspiration for a number of privately endowed technical schools (e.g., Chicago's Armour Institute of Technology) across the country...
...Alarmed at the number of businessmen who were dying off at the peak of their careers, a Great Neck, N.Y. group last week started a nationwide campaign called "Relax, U.S.A.," to save and lengthen lives. Take time out every so often to recharge the batteries, said the group, by 1) merely drowsing; 2) leisurely puffing on a cigar; 3) looking at the trees and the clouds...
...didn't seem to be in danger of being sent to the bench; of Rexall's 13 directors, nine are Rexall employees whom he appointed to the board. President Dart still hopes to boost business with his superstore plan. He has cut the number of Rexall-operated stores from 540 in 1946 to 340, hopes to level off with about 300 in 1950. Said he cheerily: "To those not in the company we look worse and worse. But inside, in the overhead department, we're feeling better and better...