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...Suspect Symbol. All this seemed swell for Bobby, but it seemed anything but nice to Lyndon. The fact was that the President was dead set against Kennedy. He had his reasons. To many businessmen, whose votes and dollars Lyndon needs, Bobby is the suspect symbol of Government intervention. His name conjures up memories of antitrust actions, grand jury investigations, and the heavy hand of Government in the U.S. Steel confrontations...
When the first ship crossed the tidal swell...
Coquettish Hovering. A main force behind the profit swell is U.S. industry's increasing use of excess capacity as the economy expands, a movement that gradually lowers production costs. Management also knows better than ever before how to wield the two most powerful tools in its possession: automation and cost control. A growing use of computers has made possible more exhaustive market research, closer control of inventories and production, and a greater awareness of a company's potential. Cost consciousness has become so strong in industry that businessmen are much readier than formerly to eliminate unprofitable parts...
...circulate freely. Camels loping in after a two-week journey across the sands are often in an extremely desiccated condition; once the thirsty animals reach water they may drink as much as 30 gallons in ten minutes. As they take in the water, the red cells in their bloodstream swell to as much as 240% of their normal size. In other animals, the cells hemolyze, or burst, causing death if their total volume is increased to more than 130%. In man the danger level...
...good one. Early one evening a seemingly innocuous water fight along Plympton Street drew together a few stragglers; by 11:30 p.m. a good-sized crowd had gathered. Another twenty minutes gave the disturbance time to swell to major proportions. By midnight 2,500 students filled the Square. After the crowd had crippled three trolley cars by disconnecting their power lines, the police moved in with tear gas, a tactic not to be repeated for over twenty years. But the patrolmen's efforts failed. About 1500 students fought their way up to Radcliffe, where they milled about yelling and hooting...