Word: add
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...store sales were 3% under last year in dollars, about 17% lower in unit volume. Stores everywhere have more goods to sell than customers to buy them. Inventories in New York are up 86% over 1941, probably almost as high in other centers. It will be months before shortages add their pinch to the retailers' woes...
...Adoption of girdles and brassieres as part of the women's army wardrobe will add to the prestige of the corset and brasiere industry, not only because this development would call for large orders, which are secondary, but because acceptnce of girdles and brassieres as part of the standard wardrobe . . . would establish, without reservations, foundation garments as essential to every woman, who will be more attractive for the duration. . . . Much credit is due to the Foundation Garment Institute of America, which worked with the quartermaster department in preparing the specifications...
...first miracle was war production-and U.S. industry in six months has worked it. The second must be a greater miracle still: to the problem of dispersed supply in both hemispheres the U.S. must add the problem, of vast concentrated supply for a second front in Europe. The offensive-minded U.S. Army says it will be done. The job now ahead is not to walk on water, but to sprint...
This is in addition to the 125 communications officers who are also arriving. The Navy has an option to add up to 875 more...
...noticed the other day one of our compatriots on the Crimson staff down on his hands and knees carefully fastening the shoots of baby ivy plants to the walls of the Crimson building. We can appreciate their efforts in trying to add an effect of tradition to the poor Crimson by giving it a nivy covered house, but we doubt that even ivy could cover up the journalism of the Crimson. The best thing for them to do with the ivy would be to use it as a protecting cover to shield each issue of the Crimson from the critical...