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...most far-flung and cosmopolitan association of college alumni in the world. It is very typical of the Harvard system to class a man as part of Harvard, as of that controversial genus harvardi viri, long before the awarding of the degree. It is typical of the alumni setup at Harvard, which is, in every way, mature, highly sober and reflects the conservatism of the alma mater...
...ordinary company, such a blow might have been fatal. But Harry Ferguson Inc. is no ordinary company. Thanks to old Henry Ford, its manufacturing setup is probably the most remarkable in the country. Its basic idea is a pet Ford word, decentralization. Ferguson has built up a system of manufacturing 46 farm implements to go with its tractors through 105 subcontracting plants scattered throughout the country, close to their markets. Example: the Towner Manufacturing Co. of Santa Ana, Calif, makes offset disc harrows for orchards, because the biggest orchard market is almost in its back yard...
...proposed charter of world trade to establish a common code of commercial practices, set up an international trade organization, and work for the gradual elimination of discriminatory and preferential tariffs. Russia was eligible to join; in fact, the charter had been tailored to fit Russia's state trust setup...
...Army's medical supply service, whose responsibilities are housekeeping functions (food, real estate, etc.); 3) Historian Paul Herman Buck, Dean of the 597-strong) Arts & Sciences faculty and Provost of the University. Roosterlike little Paul Buck, ambitious and hardworking, is No. 2 man in the academic setup...
...such a system; he pointed out that his plays always changed from year to year. That was a fact, but the kernel of whatever it was, call it a system or not, was always there; series after series of carefully-executed plays, each one from a different basic setup, together with a shifting defense and a generous spicing of psychological tricks...