Word: accounting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...BLAST OF WAR 1939-1945, by Harold Macmillan. The second volume of the autobiography of Great Britain's former Prime Minister presents a judicious and highly readable account of the part he played in England's wartime government...
...give an account of the U.S. Government's purchasing $28.5 million worth of electrical equipment produced in Germany for the Tennessee Valley Authority. How many schoolteachers will have to cancel their contemplated trip to Europe to make up for the effect of this purchase on our balance of payments...
...country road in Vermont ("It is death that causes this blinding show of color, but it is a fierce and flaming death"). While rolling through Ohio in November, Kuralt noticed that every town in the area except Harrisburg (pop: 360) was plastered with campaign posters. This led to an account of a town that was holding an election but "managed to escape all the unseemly excitement of Election Day by the simple expedient of nobody running for anything." The town treasurer, a lady who keeps the ledgers on her dining-room table, confessed that she "just never got around...
...report ended with Kuralt seated before a shore dinner: "We should add, reassuringly, that the lobster has not vanished, though this one is about to. Maine lobsters are more elusive than ever, but just as tasty as ever when consumed with drawn butter on an expense account...
Tires are the biggest factor in Goodyear's business, and they now account for 60% of the company's output. A wide range of 30,000 other items, including chemicals, flooring and shoe products, is enjoying brisk sales. Goodyear's aviation division is the leading supplier of rubber fuel tanks for aircraft; the company's aerospace division turns out nonmetallic, lightweight armor for helicopter crews in Viet...