Word: adds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Psychologically, the British stiff upper lip is as imperturbable as ever; mathematically, their plans don't yet add up. But their problem is less a mathematical equation than it is a human one. Sir Stafford Cripps, who I had always supposed was an archangel of austerity, turned out to be a warm, genial, thoroughly pleasant personality, with plenty of humor - and goodness knows, Britain's terrific problems will have to be solved in human terms, not just mathematical ones...
They agreed that Douglas was the man who would add most to the ticket. As a Westerner, he might offset the Republicans' Earl Warren. As a zealous New Dealer, he was the one candidate who could draw away some of Henry Wallace's left-wingers...
...within reach of a majority on the first ballot of the 1,299 convention delegates. He will have most of Quebec's 324 votes, a good part of Ontario's 388. A modest number of votes from the Maritime provinces and a scattering from the west should add up to the necessary...
Egypt's King Farouk, who loves flashy cars (he owns a flock of red & black limousines), planned to add a utilitarian touch to his collection: he ordered twelve red jeeps, four for general work around the palace grounds, eight equipped with chrome bumpers, red leather seats, white metal wheels and fire sirens, to escort his personal...
...house-to-house agency for Daggett & Ramsdell, Inc.'s Débutante Cosmetics this year, he decided to give girls another try. If housewives take to Fullerettes and their cosmetics as they have to brush men, Fuller hopes to have 4,000 of them out by Christmas, add another several million dollars a year to his sales...