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...most spectacular of the ten-year accomplishments of Dean David was his ability to raise over $12,000,000 during 1949 and 1950 for the school's future expansion. The impetus for this most intensive bit of fund-raising in recent Harvard history was, of course, the $5,000,000 given in June, 1919 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. on the condition that it be matched by an equal amount within a year...
...Colombia's supreme court ruled that International's 30-year contract would expire on Aug. 25, 1951. Instead of trying to fight the decision, International accepted it with good grace. Last year, the company and the Colombian government worked out an agreement by which International would 1) give up De Mares without compensation, 2) supply refinery technicians under a five-year contract, 3) handle distribution and sales under a ten-year contract...
This week Wyeth reached a resting place on his road. A ten-year retrospective show of his work opened in the Currier Gallery at Manchester, N.H., will soon move on to the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. A single painting by Wyeth can look labored and precious; an exhibition the size of Manchester's shows the man's steadiness and growth. It is bound to increase his already formidable reputation. At 34, Wyeth ranks among the realest of living realists...
...some Kansas counties last week, 80% of the 1951 crops had been abandoned because of drought, sub-zero winter temperatures and insects. Across the rest of the U.S. wheat belt, prospects were almost as poor: one expert predicted a 624,970,000-bushel crop, 21% less than the ten-year average, and 18% less than last year. Because of the estimated big carryover of 425 million bushels as of July 1, there will be plenty of wheat this year for bread, breakfast cereals, etc. But Department of Agriculture forecasters warned that, if supplies remain tight, they will be forced...
Cancer is becoming commoner in the U.S. The National Cancer Institute, studying first reports on a ten-year checkup in ten sample areas, estimated last week that from 1937 to 1947 the number of new cancer cases in the country increased 34%. Of this, only 7% was due to the fact that more people were reaching the older age groups where cancer strikes oftenest. Of all types of malignancy, lung cancer was increasing fastest...