Word: actually
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Canadian prices have risen 19% since the war, compared to 31% in Great Britain, and 30% in the U.S. Actual cost of living in the U.S. is probably higher than the official figures...
Hence the whole line of investigation was solely speculative, and "table-top seismology" with pencil and paper Leet admitted was very uncertain. It was not that the scientists were unable to make a beginning and to define the problem in physical and mathematical terms, but the actual test proved as much a surprise to them as it turned out later for Japanese Imperial Headquarters...
Most movies ask the audience to use only one eye-the eye trained on the world of make-believe. Documentary movies often ignore that eye, sometimes too self-righteously, and concentrate on the other eye-the one trained on the actual world. At their worst, documentaries turn actuality into something insufferably boring and unreal. At their best, they give reality a new clarity and beauty...
Then Kaiser-Frazer ran full-page ads announcing that its cars would soon be on display, although actual car production is months away. Front-page newspaper stories about Kaiser-Frazer's new labor contract brought more publicity. Plans to lease a West Coast plant leaked out. Result: Kaiser-Frazer stock shot up from 15 to 24¼. At the new high price at which the stock is now selling, the new stock issue would bring the corporation over...
Perched on the pillar's yard-square tip, 60 feet above the earth, Simeon could pray or preach as he chose. In actual fact he spent much time and energy corresponding with Christendom's leaders, settling individual and tribal disputes, dispensing personal counsel (men, but no women, might consult him privately). When he died in 459, Simeon the Stylite held an influential place in the early Christian church, and his holy example soon dotted the plains of Syria and upper Mesopotamia with anchorite-bearing pillars...