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Shoot the Works. From the standpoint of total production, the U.S. was never more productive or more prosperous. Output of goods & services rose to $325 billion, nearly 15% above the previous peak, in 1950. Almost half this gain was due to higher prices, but the important half was due to increased productivity, thanks to more and newer machines...
From a physical standpoint, Dudley is obviously inadequate, and commuters, comparing their center with the Houses, cannot help but feel cheated...
...mimeographed statement Sorokin stated that Parsons had not yet completed a "transition from his previous standpoint...
Like Hoppy himself, Smoky Callaway becomes a TV craze on the strength of his ancient horse operas. Unlike Hoppy, Smoky in real life is an ornery cuss-a chippie-chasing roisterer on a steady diet of alcohol. What is worse, from the standpoint of Hucksters Fred MacMurray and Dorothy McGuire, Smoky has been missing for years. When their sponsor insists on meeting him, they hire a Hollywood agent (Jesse White) to follow Smoky's alcoholic spoor wherever it may lead, and bring him back alive...
...Your feature on my native province . . . was well handled, even from the standpoint of one of the many who feel that agriculture, not oil, is the true backbone of our province...