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While poring over the model for G.M., Saarinen developed a good many answers on how to recapture "great awarenesses of the past." To pull the spread-out buildings together he created a 22-acre artificial lake, placed in it two fountains that pump more water than did Versailles'. To give each building its own identity, he developed glazed bricks in eleven colors ranging from deep crimson and tangerine-orange to chartreuse and royal blue. For the strong vertical accent, almost a signature of Saarinen's work, he erected a gleaming, stainless-steel water tower rising 132 ft. from...
...rate of 1,000 a week, letters come in to let the Voice know it is being heard: New Zealand ("I have yet to hear a slush-pump [trombone] player who sends me more than Miff Mole"), Switzerland ("Thank you, Angel, for Oscar Petersen's Tenderly"), Poland ("more jamba, boogie"). No letters have been received from Russia, but Manager King heard the program while visiting Moscow and suspects that it is being taped for the benefit of Russian jazzmen who want to learn U.S. arrangements. In Hungary the Voice learned that there is a jazz band that tapes...
...Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, contains many of the provisions the President had hoped for when his veto sent Congress back for another try. However, it fails him on some points, e.g., although it would create a $1.2 billion soil bank, it would not provide any payments this year to pump cash into the farm economy...
...reportable results; the bulk of his speech dealt with development of resources. The President had bright news of Brazil's petroleum industry. In 1955, he recalled, the country produced 2,000,000 barrels of oil, enough for only ten days' use. This year the Bahia oilfields will pump out more than 5,500,000 barrels, enough to supply the country for a month (at the present rate of consumption). Next year production of 15 million barrels is expected. And, he announced, new exchange rates are being drawn up to encourage exports...
...marriage. So. naturally, Hilda turns for solace to lecherous Jean Pierre. When Guy surprises them in their love nest, he is upset and punches Aumont on the jaw. Hilda goes reeling home for her handful of pills, but-naturally-Guy gets there in time to call for a stomach pump, and tells Hilda he is dreadfully sorry about the whole thing...