Word: problems
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lowell has solved its common room problem by placing a movable set in the Coolidge Room opposite the Large Common Room. Of the two Houses now weighing the idea of television, Leverett is planning a special basement room, while Dunster--loss advanced in the project--asked its residents last month for suggestions as to where to place the set if bought...
Granting that malaria is no longer a serious problem in most of the U.S., Dr. Warshaw warns: "It is impossible to predict when a change in climatic conditions, even though temporary, may cause an explosive outbreak." However, the widespread epidemics expected after U.S. servicemen returned from malarial outposts in Africa and Asia have not developed...
During the early years he developed the opening announcement that is still his trademark. "Our biggest problem was what to say when we first went on the air," Brokenshire recalls. "I finally decided on 'How do you do, ladies and gentlemen.' Pretty soon I found that other announcers were copying me. So I added a second 'How do you do' and really underlined...
Unhappy Treasury. But the U.S. Treasury was not quite so happy about the deal. It has been concerned about the problem of "sell & leaseback" since 1945, when Union College of Schenectady bought, for $16,150,000, the buildings of Allied Stores Inc., and leased them back to the company. Soon other colleges were buying not only real estate but commercial businesses as well. So many U.S. stores and other enterprises have sold their property to tax-exempt institutions* that the Treasury is now losing an estimated $1 billion a year in income taxes. A survey by the American Council...
Pinky. The best of the Negro-problem films, with Jeanne Grain (TIME...