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...simultaneous (but unrelated) cut in Russian domestic prices. More than 200 consumer items were marked down, ranging from 10% on milk to 30% on bread and beef. The cuts undoubtedly reflected a genuine increase in Russian production, and were good news for Russians, who promptly went on a buying spree. But even after the cut (the fourth in 27 months), Russian prices remain high in terms of Russian wages. Ignoring the phony exchange rate, U.S. economists estimate that an American works 30 minutes for a pound of butter, a Russian five hours...
...result of his 23-point scoring spree against Columbia Wednesday night in New York, John Rockwell climbed into first place in the battle for individual Ivy League scoring honors...
Herman W. Steinkraus, Connecticut manufacturer (Bridgeport Brass Co.) and president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, saw the same danger. "Every group is pressing on Washington to get more, more, more," said Steinkraus at a Cincinnati luncheon . . . "If we keep on this spending spree at the rate we are going . . . our tax burden will become well-nigh intolerable." The nation, he added, is "very near that point which economists refer to as the 'peril point...
...visual gag. The picture moves quietly but surely until the islanders make a rendezvous with the derelict Scotch. Then, in picturing their celebration, their efforts to hide the loot from customs raiders and a chase to rescue the biggest cache of whisky, the camera goes on an inspired spree. For lightness, comic movement and inventive detail, these sequences are worthy of Rene Clair...
...Northeastern freshmen dropped a low scoring overtime game to the University of Massachusetts, 35 to 38, then went on the scoring spree against Boston University, losing in overtime, 73 to 76. Four days later, the Huskies returned to their low scoring play, beating...