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...plant supplied iron for Republic's Cleveland mills and that, in turn, made it possible for Republic to sell pig iron from its other blast furnaces to hundreds of Northeastern foundries. With a defense program on, White did not think that the Government would disturb this complex setup...
...fundraising. Said one: "Hmmm. We can't keep on killing people forever." It is likely that some changes will be made. For Columnist Deutsch, who never studied medicine, is nevertheless a power in U.S. medical journalism. In 1945, when he launched a one-man attack on the medical setup of the Veterans Administration, he almost went to jail. He refused to name his news sources for a series of 50 articles (13 of them containing constructive suggestions, a fair Deutsch percentage) and was voted in contempt of Congress by the House Veterans Committee. But the committee backed down...
...Below stairs" this setup is neatly imitated by Bullivant the butler and Mrs. Selden the cook, who spend the bulk of the day tyrannizing over two minor lackeys named George and Miriam with just the same genteel, long-winded authorita-tiveness that Horace exercises upstairs...
...once, housewives had help that they liked. The girls liked the setup too. Only 25 of the first 2,000 have quit because of rows with employers. About 90% of them plan to stay where they are after their year's contract ends. (Exceptions: the 25 girls who have married since coming to Canada, 75 more who are engaged...
Since many U.S. oil companies have similar contracts, Antitrust predicted that the decision, if upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, would force a reorganization of the oil industry's entire marketing setup...