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...Such action by the University would "imply that (dining hall managers) are not competent.... It would be a slap in the face...
...boats and ships aground. Unburdened of snow, the winds whipped along the border country and on east to the sea. In Buffalo, the gale tumbled a 75-ton coal crane from its tracks, sent it plunging 60 feet through a transformer building. At Painted Post, N.Y., in a final slap, the wind knocked over an iron statue of an Indian which had stood since...
...great a lift out of the oblique slap your writer gave Pegler, who is execrated by most fair and decent people for his character assassinations ... It is refreshing to read again & again your words "... Westbrook Pegler (whose continued toleration is all the proof anyone should need that the U.S. press is free...
Malthus, who died in 1834, predicted that the world's population would soon outgrow its food supply. Then war, pestilence and famine, caused by overpopulation, would slap down presumptuous man. This did not happen. The world's population had doubled since Malthus' time, from one billion to two, but new lands were cultivated and old lands made more productive. Better transportation brought surplus food from afar to feed the hungry industrial cities. There were local famines, as there had always been, but the world never ran out of food. The gloomy Malthus, who had underestimated both nature...
...other tricky measure is Question 8, a proposed ratification of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbidding one man to serve more than two elected Presidential terms. Congress passed this amendment and more than 20 states have ratified it. Opponents say the amendment is a retroactive slap at F.D.R. and would hamper the electorate. Backers say it would prevent a dictatorship in this country...