Word: amps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cowboy shirt from a Texas delegation headed by Governor-elect Beauford Jester. ¶Received calls from leftist ex-President Cárdenas, rightist ex-President Abelardo Rodriguez and middle-of-the-road ex-President Camacho. ¶Made a big hit with newsmen by holding Mexico's first give& amp; -take presidential press conference, broke another Mexican precedent by starting it at the scheduled time. But he neatly parried all attempts to define his new regime as right or left. Said Alemán, "My Government will be in ac cord with the wishes of the people...
...among them, but the good predominate. When the war is over, we shall find decorations on the breasts of many of them. In the meantime, let's show some semblance of fair play toward all Japanese-Americans who would prefer to be accepted as fellow Americans. !amp Savage, Minn...
...associates, and its 1942 output will hit $40,000,000. That is not all. At Government request the company is producing flight instruments, aviation accessories and potent 400-amp. generators for planes still on the drawing boards. All this work has pushed J. & H.'s backlog to a mighty $240,000,000, got Jack predicting production of $120,000,000 next year. And at J. & H. haste does not mean waste-the delivered product is so perfect that on Nov. 12 the Air Corps discontinued separate inspections, gushed: "Testing equipment and production methods used are especially commendable...
...Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, the Battle of Britain might have to be won on the ploughed fields of an island traditionally never more than a hop, skip & amp; a jump ahead of starvation. Into the fields last week Britain sent all her schoolchildren, rich & poor alike. The farming problem was acute...
...official scapegoats for the Pearl Harbor disaster-Major General Walter C. Short, Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel-went into voluntary retirement last week. But not to batten peacefully on their retirement pay ($6,000 a year). The Army & Navy were preparing to court-martial them. Just when the trials would come off was left hazy. The courts-martial would be held, the War and Navy Departments announced, when "the public interest and safety" permit...