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...Snyder, who had lost last summer's battle, announced that he had won the war. He had won the President's approval to keep the long-term rate where it is (2½%), because the U.S. cannot afford the "questionable luxury of tinkering with [it]." In his zeal to keep down the cost of financing the $257 billion national debt, Snyder overlooked the fact that the inflationary rise in prices has more than canceled out any savings that resulted from the low rate...
Last week, with the promised pay. increases, an extra week's vacation (to start in 1952) and a new pension scheme under their belts, Britain's miners set out to redeem their pledge. To give them added zeal, every miner in the country got a letter starting "Dear Friend," printed in a reproduction of the Prime Minister's handwriting. The letter said: "The nation looks to you; I am sure you will not fail . . ." It was signed "C. R. Attlee...
Stabilizer Valentine, whose zeal for mandatory controls had caused him to freeze auto prices over DiSalle's objections, now objected to DiSalle's plan. He said it would be impossible to enforce, with ESA's small staff. DiSalle and Valentine passed the argument to Charlie Wilson for a ruling. Sighed DiSalle: "I've been working so hard I don't know if I have any manhood left...
...G.M.A. has five jeeps, seven G.M.C. six-wheeler trucks, two radios. Also under Le Huu Tu's "exclusive authority" are 5,800 militiamen equipped with very little but bush hats, about 30 old rifles per company of 120 men, and a good deal of zeal...
...period and locale come alive in fine sets and props; Actor Hernandez and Dean Stockwell (as the parson's ward) give unusually good performances; the script furnishes some tangy color (e.g., the visit of a brassy medicine show), and Director Jacques Tourneur flavors the corn with the poetic zeal of a French chef...