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...base that declined in the 1950's, they sought, in President Pusey's words, "to give a new spin to the Hub." Together--Collins pacifying, convincing, gently forcing; and Logue pushing, sometimes so hard and with so little grace that critics have come to regard him as a tin-horn Robert Moses--they formed an alliance for progress with Boston's major business and civic leaders--Charles Coolidge, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Gerald W. Blakeley Jr., head of the real estate management firm of Cabot, and Forbes; and James McCormack Jr., vice-president of MIT and an active...
...Britain's 14 largest iron and steel companies into a state-owned National Steel Corporation, which would employ 220,000 (70% of the industry's total) and control 90% of the nation's output of pig iron, crude carbon steel, heavy steel products, sheet and tin plate. Its aim was unequivocal: to scramble the industry so thoroughly that it could never be returned to private hands again...
...strike deadline: Sept. 1. Dave McDonald, who intends to contest Abel's election, immediately announced that the union considered the 11½? figure only a "floor," will seek to get much more in the bargaining to come. In fact, McDonald had to ride out cries of a "tin cup" agreement in a stormy, three-hour union meeting before he got final approval for the settlement. After June 1, Abel will be the chief negotiator, and how hard he pushes for more will determine what happens in September...
...part in a one-day all-out effort. Early in the morning, the whole population started making noise and shooing sparrows. Every-where in the city, the sight of a single sparrow on a rooftop or in a tree was the signal for a tumult of shout, gongs and tin cans...
...fine voice Friday night. Don't let anyone fool you-it isn't easy music. Have you ever heard a bad chorus sing Thompson? Each of the four parts lies exposed. If one voice sticks out, or one section wanders off pitch by that much, even the Great Tin Ear couldn't miss it. It was a joy to hear Thompson conducting his own music, for he does it well. The Glee Club an Choral Society are to be commended on their blend, tone, and expression, and on their endurance as well (they stood throughout the entire concert...