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...Trotskyism, Fascism, Zionism and anti-Sovietism, that was the ideological sink" which had spawned the treachery. For Communists who were still safe at home, Nep offered a little fatherly advice: "The important thing (to remember) is that treason against the party, deviation from the Marxist-Leninist line, is a steep slope from which plunging into the imperialist abyss is easy...
Hungry Fans. Readers of science fiction include a special cult which specializes in collecting the classics in the field and faithfully supports the worthy publishing ventures. The prices which some of the more prized volumes command are steep. H. P. Lovecraft's The Outsider sells for from $50 to $100, Vol. I No. 1 of Astounding Stories of Super Science for as high as $50. Several publishers estimate that from 30% to 40% of their readers are professional men, some of them scientists who read the stories for relaxation but with a sharp eye for scientific errors. Clubs...
Like the charmed rats of Hamelin, Americans scamper to follow the compelling advertisement, convinced that it would be disloyal and remiss not to "remember mother," assured that one remembers best with cash, once a year. The business index will rise perceptibly, the sweet smell of roses and caramels will steep the land, but on Monday mother will be back at the washtub or Garden Club, bored, neglected, and tired. --from the May 9, 1947, CRIMSON
...long enough, President Miguel Alemán announced that his government would spend $88 million in the next two years to overhaul Mexico's railways. His plan (prepared by a special commission appointed last February): 1) convert every line in the country to standard gauge; 2) eliminate the steep grades and kinky turns that cause most wrecks; 3) gradually modernize rolling stock. The President called on his Finance Minister to find the necessary funds, which will probably be raised through new taxation. "The railways," Aleman said flatly, "will be in perfect state before my administration is over...
...sell for $27,475, not counting the land, the furniture (which he also had a hand in) or the architect's fee. By lopping off the garage and one of the three bedrooms, the job could be had for about $21,960, which would still seem pretty steep to the typical "middle-income family" that Breuer had in mind...