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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Demanded, in the face of two previous turndowns, that Syria cooperate to allow repair of the Iraq Petroleum Co.'s pipeline cut by saboteurs during the Egyptian hostilities. Declared Under Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr.: "Unless work begins immediately . . . the oil situation will be aggravated, which means in human terms cold and hunger not only in Europe but in Asia and South America...
According to Barry L. Berman '57, director of the G and C plan, the last minute change resulted from the New York Central's recent conversion to diesel engines. Unlike previous years, there are not enough extra engines to run special sections every day during the holiday season, Berman said...
...with industrials soaring 22.01 points on the Dow-Jones average to close at 494.79. Across the board, a pre-Christmas surge of business sent old records falling. The Commerce Department reported manufacturers' sales at a new high of $30.1 billion in October, $1.6 billion better than the previous record of last March; new orders rose to $29.5 billion, $300 million above last August's previous high. Personal income also set records: after topping previous peaks for two straight months, it rose again in October by $3.1 billion to the annual rate of $332.6 billion, $21 billion ahead...
...however, are assigned through a priority list, based on financial need. The student without any real financial need but with a temporarily empty wallet is the one most likely to hit upon the unusual jobs, although even on the priority list such other considerations as physical condition, special talents, previous experience, and class schedule do play a small part...
...Group--after the war, the Dramatic Club found itself unable to recover until the rival organization closed down in 1953 and turned its resources over to the HDC. Neil Smith, a former member of the Theater Group, became the president of the HDC, and gave the Club, which the previous year had produced only one play--Othello--a new vitality. In 1953-54 it produced four major shows, of which the biggest was T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral...