Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...people. His fiery eyes do not flash through clouds of incense or from altar candles . . . This new god is not a stone statue worn smooth by the kisses of the faithful-he was not born in heaven . . . The new god is born from earth and blood-he strides ahead, and under the thunder of his steps the globe trembles from East to West. This is the red god. The Seine shudders at his impact, and tries to break its banks. Westminster trembles before him like Jericho, and across the green ocean his red shadow falls on the walls...
...Krueger and I have fought bad publicity by ourselves long enough. Now it's up to you." He ordered them to protest, en masse, then roared: "Anybody here who wants to call the papers and tell them what has happened here can go ahead...
...years. Last week traders had more than the calendar to make them nervous. The Department of Agriculture announced that it would not put any acreage restrictions on this year's corn crop. With the market already glutted, that seemed to mean another big crop and still lower prices ahead...
Much of the argument between utility companies and the Government concerned timing. The Government could plan-and spend-on a basis of demand ten years hence (and write off some of the losses as "flood control"). The utilities had to restrict their planning to two or three years ahead, to be reasonably sure of their market. One way or the other, it looked as if the U.S. would lick the power shortage, though the debate on how to do it would go on for months...
...tumble. Demand did fall for the poorer wool used in making soft fabrics, which fewer & fewer buyers wanted. But everyone wanted hard worsteds. The unexpected demand cleaned out the fine-wool stockpile (but left the U.S. with a stockpile of low-grade wool) and caused demand to run far ahead of supply...