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...everywhere. Thanks to an anonymous donor, the institute said, it will pass out $30,000 in prizes for the best sculpture on the specified subject, "The Unknown Political Prisoner." Entries, due in September, will be sifted by regional juries throughout the world; final judging will be in London. Only snag so far: Professor Vladimir Kemenov of Moscow's Academy of Arts, invited to represent Russia on the panel of nine judges, has neglected to reply...
...nerve from a tendon, something which was impossible among confusing shades of grey. Color TV is also an improvement over color movies. Says one Kansas student: "In the movies, you always knew everything would come out all right. Here, you never know when the guy will strike a snag. It keeps you watching...
...draw from RFC on the loan as soon as he puts up $2,000,000 in working capital. (DPA will require him to set aside 50% of all profits for 20 years, to repay the loan.) Within two years, if his plans hit no snag, Harvey hopes to be turning out 108 million Ibs. of aluminum a year (7% of U.S. production) at Kalispell, have his own plant at Everett, Wash., to make alumina (aluminum oxide), and to have his own $3,000,000 fleet of ore boats to bring in bauxite from Dutch Guiana...
...young king had met a shy young thing-blonde 21-year-old Daphne Parkinson of Lancashire, who was studying occupational therapy. The king wanted Daphne to share his lonely throne, become mistress of the ten-bedroom palace, every stone of which was brought from Scotland in sailing ships. Only snag: Daphne was 11,000 miles away and the next ship was not due for some time. But kings, even the king of the Cocos, can command when lesser men may not. In answer to an impatient royal radio signal, the is15,000-ton Ceylon-bound S.S. Ormonde changed course, heaved...
...same, DiSalle went right ahead with his price control plan-even to the extent of asking the Government Printing Office to prepare application blanks for price rises, and asking the Post Office Department to distribute them in post offices throughout the nation. Then DiSalle's plan hit a snag...