Word: actually
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This week Wendell Willkie died. The news came as an actual shock; if there had been a seismograph to measure such things, it would have recorded that the shock was felt by human beings clear around the world. All over the U.S. the people said the same things to each other: simple words of half-angry disbelief, of loss, of sorrow. That was a man, said the people...
...Fisher Motor Car Co. (They had previously incorporated in Delaware.) The companies, each of which has 1,000 shares of no par common stock, declared their purpose to design, manufacture, sell, repair and deal in airplanes, automobiles and "any & all automotive products." As usual, the Fishers kept their actual plans to themselves. Detroit's guess: the Fisher plans are still nebulous, and formation of the companies at this time is merely to protect the Fisher name. But it was the first move of the Fishers to back up their promise to jump into the auto industry...
...example, Studebaker Corp. "predetermined" one contract, found that $1,061,000 worth of materials would be valueless except as scrap when the contract is ended. Studebaker offered to buy the materials for $15,590. Come actual cancellation, Studebaker will simply send in its check, move the materials aside so as to lose no time shifting to auto production. Estimated time saved: 30 days...
...head, able, energetic Lawyer Lucretiu Patrascanu, longtime leader of Rumania's Communists: "We have no right to be dissatisfied with the terms." The delegation had been in Moscow 14 days-eleven of them waiting around while the Big Three ironed out last-minute differences, three in actual negotiation. It looked as if Rumania had timed her switch expertly. A group of worried Finnish negotiators moved into the Rumanians' quarters in the Spasso Guest House as soon as they were vacated...
...quotable nifties, but lengthy yarns, (whose point scarcely matters) that he tenderly unrolls like priceless fabrics richly embroidered with dialect. Fall guy of some of the best of them is Sam Lapidus, whose name Holtz lifted from a building sign 20 years ago. Typical Lapidus yarn (one fourth actual size): Finishing a stylish dinner, Sam and a friend from Tzicagi (Chicago) are confronted for the first time in their lives with fingerbowls...