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...middle age passed, Alfred settled down to quieter labors. He made translations (he had learned six languages). In 1933, at 104, he appeared as a fireman in a British film. At 106 he said: "I have always been a boy. I am still a boy. How old do I look? Forty? Perhaps fifty. . . . If I had not met a great Indian Yoga teacher in Benares ... I should not even have reached my century...
About five years ago Chrysler turned to powder metallurgy to make a door-latch part which would be 1) self-oiling, like a bearing, 2) quieter than clangy solid metal. Besides offering these advantages, this part surprised engineers by being easier and cheaper to make from powder than by former methods. From this and similar pressed parts a wave of interest in powder metallurgy at once swept U.S. industry. First powdered-metal automotive gear appeared in the oil pump of the 1940 Oldsmobile, and this year more new parts have been made from powders...
...quieter attack on Henderson was under way by the Republican National Committee. Its research division circulated (among Republican members of the Banking & Currency Committee) a confidential study which blistered Leon's britches: "Table-thumping and bellowing tactics. . . . Cannot resist the use of invective . . . capricious actions . . . anti-business views." Gist of the study: a price bill is necessary but it should: 1) clearly define and limit its powers; 2) counteract "the tacit encouragement of the Administration in wage increases"; 3) give power not to Henderson but to someone who "merits the confidence of business...
...post-Verne Marshall Gazette is doing well. With circulation at an all-time high (44,701), it now prints news on the front page, carries on more moderately and grammatically under capable former Associate Editor Harry E. Boyd and Verne's younger, smaller, quieter brother Clare. Said Editor-in-Chief Clare Marshall to his staff: "We're still a strong crusading paper. But when you have a grievance, keep it out of the news story...
...scamper to keep up. Before lunch the President goes for an hour's gallop through Kamâl Atatürk's farm zoo at Ciftlik. He loves horse racing as well as riding, becomes boyishly animated at meetings. In the evening his recreation is quieter: he likes to have three musicians come to his house and play quartets with him, taking the cello himself. In spite of such relaxation, his countrymen are afraid he will die of over work, as Kamâl Atatürk died of over indulgence. This fear is a tribute, a sign...