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...next twelve months. In return, the U. S. will grant the Soviet Union most-favored-nation commercial treatment for the first time. Unfavorable reaction to the new pact last week came from the Pennsylvania Coal industry whose United Mine Workers and mine operators let out a howl in unison. Both were alarmed because, in carrying out Secretary Hull's policy of building up foreign trade, the agreement was expected to exempt Soviet coal and coke from a special $2-a-ton tax, assessed under the Revenue Act of 1932. The coal industry's alarm diminished promptly when...
...Rockefeller boys take life pretty seriously. Story is that once when playmates teased them about their dilapidated rowboat, suggesting that they get their father to buy them an outboard motor, Brothers Winthrop & David replied in unison: "Who do you think we are, Vanderbilts...
...last fortnight after a last-minute scramble, the Aquacade got into stride last week. Casino diners saw a show in four scenes-California, Coney Island, Florida and Lake Erie-in which the swimming and diving stars performed and the chorus girls dived like rows of falling dominoes, swam in unison to the music, formed decorative configurations in the water. Between scenes a 40-ft. curtain of water projected by jets at the surface hid the stage. In the final scene Billy Rose (real name: William Samuel Rosenberg) gave vent to his anti-Fascist feelings with a song called...
While today eyes of the civilized world in general and the English speaking world in particular turn together, blend in unison on one fond family in a foreign capital, comes the news, regular as clockwork: Widener Library has a coronation exhibit...
...cathartic gum secreted by certain Oriental trees. Mannose is notable for the wide variety of taste reactions which it causes. Dr. Blakeslee gave one tablet to each of the 45 members of the American Philosophical Society assembled before him. At a signal, all the savants raised their hands in unison, put the tablets in their mouths. Eighteen reported a sweet taste. Others said it was bitter, some said it was both sweet and bitter, still others could detect no taste at all. Dr. Blakeslee declared his belief that differences of taste among human beings are inborn...