Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Benjamin W. Fink, chief engineer of the Parks Division of the Metropolitan District Commission and supervisor of the project, reported that "near Boston, the day-to-night temperature drop is sufficient to change poor skiing to good skiing and with the shortness of the season in mind we thought the investment highly worth making...
Whether the West was caught unawares by the Russian proposal is still a question. At first the U.S. and British delegations passed the entire thing off as "pure propaganda," pointing to the first Russian proposal. Some groups from small nations, even outside of the Communist sphere, however, thought that such a resolution could do not harm, and might even lessen the international tension. After the Russian recognition of China's Communist government, the U. S. State Department concentrated its attacks on the impossibility of a Big Five pact under the new conditions...
This does not mean that the members of the team did not deeply resent Bingham's remarks. Those players we have talked to thought it was not very tactful of the Athletic Director to attack the training habits of certain members of the team. They felt it needlessly antagonized the graduating seniors on the team; that even though Bingham meant only a few offenders, it reflected on the whole team, and that if he really wanted to improve the training of the team he should have waited until next September to exhort the team to train vigorously...
Although a lack of material was the main reason for last night's announcement, there have been other setbacks to cause the present doubt in the minds of the editors. Disagreement among the three board members about an article on Indonesia which one editor thought was particularly interesting was cited by Shafer in his explanation...
...auction in Manhattan's Parke-Bernet Galleries seven years ago, Showman Billy Rose thought that a Frans Hals painting was his for $20,000. But from the auctioneer's pulpitlike rostrum, Parke-Bernet's President Hiram H. Parke sedately cajoled more bids. "What's the matter," called Rose, "you got a stiff arm?" Not until the price had risen another $10,000 did Parke's arm loosen up enough to bring down the hammer and sell the painting to Rose...