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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When he grew more wheat or collected more eggs than the public would buy at his price, the Government's Commodity Credit Corp. bailed him out. That was all right during the war, when CCC, with $4,750,000,000 to draw on, could sell whatever it bought. Even as late as June 1948, CCC had laid out a mere $294 million. But in the 16 months since, CCC purchases-to keep the farmer's income up-had increased fantastically. Last week CCC President Ralph S. Trigg announced that CCC had tied up more than $3 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: Plague of Plenty | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...situation in Europe looks poor. After a fine economic recovery, France is bogging down with strikes and shortages. So is Italy. There is an increasing feeling among ECA men that the only thing which can prop up fading Western European appreciation of the U. S. is more economic aid. Right now, the chances for this increased...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

Over the years, Carleton's automobile has towed boats, dragged logs, and served as tractor and truck, as well as making several trips to Virginia. Right now, however, it is concentrating on finding the way to Wellesley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Jalopies' or 'Antiques,' Some Student Cars Go On Forever | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

Wild defined his "realism" as the conviction that we live in a "world of objects which exists independently of man" and the belief that "there is a real right and wrong independent of human opinions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 300 Attend Wild, Aiken Discussion | 12/16/1949 | See Source »

Lena Horne is probably the only person capable of singing "Stormy Weather" in a movie scene, while a large, crystalline tear courses down her right cheek--and get away with it. She manages to make the schmalz inherent in the scene seem plausible. That the script calls upon her to perform such a feat, and that she does it, present a good summary of quality of both script and performers...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/16/1949 | See Source »

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