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Through these tactics it became necessary to tack down wind in order to reach the leeward mark, and while the Tech skipper was figuring out problems of aerodynamic import on his calibrated sliderule, the great Miller with consummate ease jibed his craft three times, but on each occasion his machinations bailed and Tech ran off with the "championship...
...sharp tack away from the business-as-usual guns-and-butter theory on which the U.S. began its defense effort-these two developments were the biggest news since the defense program began. The calm with which Detroit took them was news worthy too as a sign of a new national understanding that defense is now a primary job. Detroit, in fact, was reconciled to rationing long before Knudsen spoke last week. Last month Sloan (whose company is the world's greatest consumer-goods producer) urged heavy excise taxes on all consumer goods whose full production conflicted with defense. Already...
...remember, U. S. jockeys have received $10 for every race they entered, an extra $15 for every race they won-with no extra bonus for bringing in a horse second or third. Out of every ten-spot, $2 goes to the jockey's valet (who totes his tack and helps saddle his mounts), another $2 to his agent (who makes his riding engagements...
Today Salida has recovered. Its 3,000 lost citizens have been replaced. Gasoline sales (good tourist index) are up $5,000 a month over last year. Salidans are very fond of W. B., whom they call "Cap." They have tried for three years to tack a $50 raise to his $150-a-month salary, but he says the C. of C. budget can't stand it. On his salary the Foshays live as well as anyone in town...
Instead, he concluded, we must devote ourselves to the tack of "studying the difficult conditions for an enduring world-peace, and securing the incorporation of such conditions in a declared national policy." The letter will appear today in newspapers throughout the country...