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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, back at his base in Rio, De Carvalho dutifully reported on the former U.S. army colonel who calls the Amazon city of Belém "better than ten New Yorks put together," and on the doctor who said that the town of Manaus "is really a fine place...
Benson succeeded in winning approval of his basic idea in the 1958 farm bill, which set subsidy rules for the 1959 corn crop. It abolished acreage controls, lowered price props toward the level set by the market (support price: $1.12 per bu.). But instead of cutting surplus production, as Benson...
Disowned. Among hard-pressed Republican politicians, Benson's proposals landed with a dismal thud. "It is serious. It is fantastic," said one top G.O.P. campaign boss in Washington, and noted that Benson's efforts have raised both subsidies and surplus, bringing nothing but blame for the Republicans. "Our...
Thus it was that Vag regarded physical examinations with a mixture of pride and vague presentiment. For twelve months of the year his body had hummed along minding its own business; then it was suddenly summoned to account for itself when Vag decided he wanted to play House volleyball. Facing...
The whole historical crowd is there --from Priam all the way to the face that launched a thousand ships. But some of them you might not recognize right away. Giraudoux has chosen his Trojan locale with malice afore-thought. He seems to delight in slipping in anachronistic elements, such as...