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...entire U. S. industrial system, "a vast and complex organic growth," was last week laid out on a long slab in the marble caucus room of the Senate Office Building for examination piercing and profound. Lest the gigantic creature cry out or have hysterics, it was at once given a general anesthetic. Senator Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney of Wyoming, chairman of the Temporary National Economic Committee created last spring by Presidential message and joint Congressional action, had already administered repeated injections of soothing reassurance, viz: "This is not a punitive investigation. ... I don't believe in centralized planning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Dull but Important | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

...date the Crimson has been noticeably weak in games outside the circuit. With either Healey or Ingalls on the slab this afternoon, the highly touted Rhode Islanders may receive a surprising setback by the Eastern Intercollegiate League leading Mitchellmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RHODE ISLAND NINE FACES MITCHELLMEN | 5/25/1938 | See Source »

...contestants were driven to the field in a pair of coaches-and-twos, which were put on the cuff as far as Lampoon remuneration goes. Once on the field, doughty Carfare organized his cohorts, including 17 infielders, and teed the slab. At first he experienced difficulty with his control and walked some 14 men. Her he steadied down and got the ball over the plate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampoon's Carefare Cuffed as Crimson Spanks Ball to Win Annual Joust 23-2 | 5/20/1938 | See Source »

Metcalfe said that workmen are experiencing some difficulty in removing the present slab because of its thinness, which will probably force the men to break it in order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inscriptions to Be Put Over Widener Memorial Room in Mrs. Rice's Honor | 5/5/1938 | See Source »

With Mahoney, Healy, or Prouty scheduled to pitch today, Mitchell is saving Ed Ingalls for Saturday's game with Princeton here. Ingalls hasn't toed the slab since Virginia routed him in the opener 7-4. But if his arm continues to improve, the big righthander should be in there Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mahoney First Choice for Mound Duty Today at B.U. | 4/27/1938 | See Source »

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