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...keep up farm prices. And there is a myopic self-interest behind the bill. For to many Congressmen's annoyance, ECA, perhaps more than any other government agency, has managed to remain free of political free-loading. The bill would finally permit the farmer's representative a chance to steer his constituents a little government cash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ECA: No Pork Barrel | 3/25/1950 | See Source »

...busy week for the indefatigable young Shah of Iran. In Fort Knox, Ky., he played his first slot machine, hit a $10 jackpot which didn't pay off. In Phoenix, Ariz., he bulldogged a steer, rode a palomino named Cream of Wheat Jr., had his first date (dinner and a square dance) since his arrival with an American girl: willowy blonde Northwestern Graduate Joanne Frakes, 23, who later confessed that she had trouble remembering he was a King. "He only acted kingly a couple of times," she said, "mostly he was just like any other nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Entrances & Exits | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...more dashing events on the bill, the bareback and saddle brone riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, and the wild brahma bull riding contests, they are fine while they last, but there is not enough of this real rodeo stuff and what there is of it is all too brief. It seems a pity to have a young man come all the way from Ysleta, Texas, and then work only eight seconds (the length of a time a contestant has to ride a brone bareback) an evening...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: THE RODEO | 11/2/1949 | See Source »

Under the new rule there will also be fewer "off-limits," signs which in the past had served chiefly to steer G.I.s to the more interesting hot spots. Said one G.I.: "If it weren't for the off-limits signs, we couldn't have found half the good geisha houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: It's Legal Now | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

These components he explained are available to university students, who through discussion outside the classroom must develop opinions which will steer future generations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Hopes For Definition Of Democracy | 9/28/1949 | See Source »

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