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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Past managing boards simply have thought that the bother and expense of obtaining a license were too great, Hammond said. However, the present board thinks that a bar in the Faculty Club now would be used enough to warrant a permit, he added...
...drunk!"), glowed about the undiminished loyalty of Chicago audiences. He still thought Chicago should be the cultural center of the U.S. (his ambitious campaign to extend the symphony to include opera performances was one of the reasons for his firing). But he denied any desire to exchange his present existence as a freelance conductor in Italy for a steady post in Chicago or anywhere else. Said he: "I wouldn't accept a permanent job if they offered it on a golden plate lined with platinum, uranium and cobalt. I want to let them sleep quietly, all those conductors...
...that, but many farmers are buying more and more land on which to farm. One result: average farm real estate value per acre rose from $100.39 m March to $104.80 on Nov. 1, reflecting the drive by farmers to expand their acreage base in order to take advantage of present prices and farm price supports...
Radiation Tab. Tracerlab, Inc. of Waltham, Mass, has developed the first film badge to record quarterly as well as weekly radiation readings from the more than 300,000 Americans (dentists, radiologists, X-ray technicians, etc.) whose work exposes them to radiation. Thirteen times more sensitive than present weekly film badges, Twin-film Service reduces the risk of overexposure...
...illustrate typical Soviet humor, he related a story popular in Russia this summer. Khrushchev, he said, was marking a tour of Soviet farms and hired a peasant to sit on top of Moscow towers to watch for the advent of true Communism which would replace the present "preliminary, benevolent" Soviet state...