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...slashed prices by mass buying, produced their own products. "Mr. George," as he was known to company employees, anticipated the 1929 crash, signed store leases on a yearly basis only, and saw A. & P. prosper throughout the Depression, survive antimonopoly attacks, wind up with some 4,100 outlets and reap, in 1956, nearly $4,500,000 in net sales...
Order from the Court. Orval Faubus claimed to be unworried by Mayor Mann's criticism. He was holed up in his executive mansion, protected from intrusion by the National Guard, enjoying congratulatory telegrams, listening to piped music, watching Kinescopes of himself on television (he liked them), preparing to reap new publicity benefits...
...huge savings. Until recently only taxpayers in the 80% tax bracket ($500,000 or more annual taxable income on a joint return) took full advantage of trusts. Now, thousands upon thousands of smaller taxpayers in the 22% ($10,000 annually) and up brackets are learning that they, too, can reap impressive savings. And the number is growing so fast that Congress is currently investigating the whole business of tax deductions to see whether the laws should be tightened...
More surprising, at a critical juncture in Washington's debate over foreign aid, was the skepticism on the question of U.S. military and economic assistance in countries that reap only benefit from such programs. To the independent Times of India, the riots were "one more illustration of the truth that dollars can ensure neither appreciation nor loyalty." Said the Times of Indonesia: "Having succeeded to the imperial purple so long worn by the British, the United States today has also inherited its concomitant-resentment, envy, and the readiness of others to take offense at the drop...
Even if next year's team does suffer from early inexperience, it will reap the benefits of its forerunner in a new era for Harvard basketball. For the team which endeared itself with seven wins in nine home games insured basketball of the sympathy and support of its new rooters for many years to come...