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...midweek the pressure was so great that the government had to do something. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott announced the remedy: a partial return of price controls. There would be price ceilings on meats, to be fixed in a week or two; controls on butter, to peg it around 73? a lb.; controls on certain types of fertilizers and a rollback of the price of chemical ingredients; extension of the government's price-control powers for another year. The government might even import butter from New Zealand. Rent controls would continue...
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...these answer be given briefly or in haste. An adequate description of the tasks to be performed by American college, and by Harvard in particular, will require intensive study by thoughtful, intelligent, imaginative men. In the weeks to come the Crimson hopes to offer what can only be partial and tentative answers. The brightest possibility of a more through study is presented by the Student Council's intention to draw on the best minds in the College and University and give them free rein to look into the numberless aspects of the problem and formulate extensive proposals and suggestions...
...Partial Compliance. Customers seemed to develop a sudden and irascible yen for meat on Tuesday and eggs on Thursday; when refused, dozens stomped out to go elsewhere. When the average restaurant owner heard that his competitor was serving eggs on an eggless morning, he usually rolled his eyes, lifted his hands and did likewise. A crafty minority solved the problem by asking customers not to order forbidden foods and looking patriotically askance while serving those...
...35th, Louise was one up. At the 36th, Louise's tee shot faded into the rough and her father was half afraid to look. Calmly she selected a club, wiggled once and sent a tremendous wood shot to the green. Then she curved a putt around a partial stymie and the ball dropped into the cup. That gave her the match and the title which Babe Didrikson Zaharias vacated to become a pro. Proud Johnny Suggs dashed onto the green and gave husky Louise a big kiss. She had played it like a big-leaguer...