Word: round
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This was just the beginning of a prodigious round of appearances and entertainment. Mexico's black-haired President Miguel Alemán held a reception for him at the National Palace, a dinner at his residence. The Minister of Foreign Affairs held another reception. When Harry Truman reciprocated with a party at the U.S. Embassy, dozens of guests showed up with gifts...
...selfish, passionate forms) and agape (the selfless Christian love for one's neighbor, which Paul called "charity"). Most philosophical speculation on the subject has posed these two as ancient enemies. They have sometimes been symbolized by the Lion (eros) and the Unicorn (agape) which "went fighting round the town...
...week's end, Fowler McCormick, chairman of the board of International Harvester Co., showed how, in a way everyone could understand. As Young Henry Ford had two months ago, Fowler McCormick cut the prices of his products (tractors, trucks, farm machinery) a round $20,000,000 a year, almost 5% of his gross sales. Harvester is not worried about a drop in sales-yet. But, said McCormick: "We decided to give the benefit [of high earnings] to customers rather than stockholders or employees because the time is here to recognize customers as an integral part of a business...
...airlines were queued up a block long at the door of the Civil Aeronautics Board last week, wailing for fast first aid. Mostly, they wanted higher mail rates, higher passenger fares. (A notable exception was Eastern Air Lines, which asked CAB to approve a 10% reduction in its round-trip fares.) Some, in acute distress, had special problems. In fact, there were suddenly so many special problems that many an airman began to wonder: How well had CAB done its big job of supervising the airlines...
...Conant at 155 is in the toughest class of the tourney and will do well to win one round while Phil Busby at 128 also is in a power-laden weight. Busby has been out most of the season with injured ribs. Jim Howard, replacing injured Bib Claflin, will represent the Crimson. Boston had still not picked his 121-pounder last night, and whoever does wrestle will probably be a sacrificial lamb...