Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York City, with many of its streets still edged with the remains of the Big Snow (TIME, Jan. 5), got seven hours' advance warning of an all-day blizzard whirling in from Cape Hatteras. Caught short before, municipal authorities worked themselves into a mad dither of preparedness; firemen were put on 16-hour emergency duty, 1,400 plows and snow trucks were mobilized. But most of the fuss was needless. The blizzard, such as it was, raged over the city for a few hours, then blew itself...
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, K. 385 (the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini conducting; Victor, 5 sides). Toscanini's second try on records at the "Haffner" still falls short of Toscanini's heights; this one still lacks the spaciousness and grace of Sir Thomas Beecham's performance with the London Philharmonic. Recording: good...
What had caused it? As usual, the Street had many answers. Some blamed short selling, selling by foreigners, uncertainty over the Marshall Plan and the plea to Congress by Bernie Baruch, a crack speculator himself, to forget tax cuts, put back an excess-profits...
...industry last week gave the Administration its plan to ease the oil shortage. As the pinch is tightened in fuel oil, the industry proposed to 1) cut back gasoline production for 60 days in oil-short areas and turn out more fuel oil, and 2) pool scarce supplies so they can be distributed evenly...
...that the time is short for unfolding more delightful experiences while serving on the Board of Editors of the CRIMSON. The best way to get in touch with undergraduate life at Harvard is to and graduates, just as undergraduates, who wish to keep in touch with the great Harvard living force and to comprehend its influence and service to American life, should "read, ponder, and inwardly digest" the Harvard Alumni Bulletin. The CRIMSON and the Bulletin combine to reflect the life of a great University which had a unique place in American life for more than 300 years...