Word: agreements
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Single Yardstick. Despite his dissatisfaction with the North African invasion, Stimson supported it once it was launched. When Wendell Willkie was preparing to go on the air to attack the Eisenhower-Darlan agreement, Stimson grabbed for his telephone. "I told him flatly that if he criticized the Darlan agreement at this juncture he would run the risk of jeopardizing the success of the United States Army in North Africa and would be rendering its task very much more difficult...
Gentleman's Agreement (American). Hollywood proficiency at its slickest, put at the service of the year's most searching discussion of anti-Semitism (TIME...
With Britain strapped, even this temporary agreement had been hard to reach. Finally, Canada agreed to leave the wheat contract as it stood, guaranteeing Britain 160 million bushels in the current crop year at $1.55 a bushel. For the rest, Britain would take less of other foodstuffs (e.g., cheese and bacon) at higher prices, generally about 15% above 1947 figures...
...Canada an estimated $40 million worth of goods, $45 million can be drawn from the shrinking Canadian credit, and the remaining $100 million will be paid in U.S. dollars from Britain's hoard. If ERP meets Canada's hopes, she can afford to rewrite the three-month agreement, giving Britain better terms for a longer period...
Hollywood's most encouraging tendency was to move out of the studios to actual locales (notably in The Fugitive, Boomerang.', Kiss of Death, 13 Rue Madeleine), and to start handling at least reasonably live social issues (Crossfire, Gentleman's Agreement...