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...fine miners $1-$2 a day for every day they stayed out. Fines, retroactive to Nov. 21, could be deducted from miners' pay when they finally went back. The fact that fines will be turned over to the United Mine Workers' medical and hospital fund would not soften the resentment of individual, hungry miners. Nor would it get them back to work...
...Nazi war machine expired, the U.S. heart seemed to soften. In February 1945, the U.S. met with other American republics in Mexico City to open the gate for U.N. Argentina was not invited. The Act of Chapultepec, however, pointed the way back into the fold. Argentina might regain the family bosom if she 1) agreed to a system of collective security in the Western Hemisphere, 2) wiped out Axis commercial influence and deported Axis spies, 3) declared war on the Axis...
...aged (at 47) spinster, who dresses in "basic dark blue" sacks (designed by Nicole de Paris) and replies to almost any statement by clasping her hands, pursing her lips, blinking her eyes and exclaiming: "Goodness!" But Mary Margaret is a brilliant interviewer. With a well-controlled gush she can "soften up" almost anyone to just the sticky consistency her listeners love. She does it with an air of dithery, appreciative interest that soon has most guests babbling as if they had known her for years. Once she had Jimmy Durante telling such pitiable stories about his youth that, before...
...asking ICC for the boost, which all the railroads want, New York Central's Gustav Metzman also painted a dark picture. Said Metzman: even with the increase, the New York -Central will lose $18,652,000 next year, will have no carryback credits to soften the blow. Reason: the costs of wages and materials of rail roads, and all industry, have soared since war's end far beyond estimates...
...well as for 'the hymns that touch the heart'-and I am not talking about Good Night, Sweet Jesus. But the purpose of all these choirs. . . is deeper than merely to provide entertainment or an emotional experience. The real purpose is to prepare the listener and. . . to soften him up for the talks featured on The Catholic Hour and The Hour of Faith...