Word: approx
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...river was down. Cotton was up (26.9? a lb.) and so was the city's population (approx. 375,000). Memphis was the world's greatest cotton market, the hub of ten railroads, three airlines, and a big and busy river port. It had boomed during the war, and it was booming still. Better yet, it was running just the way Edward Hull Crump-the most absolute political boss in the U.S.-wanted...
...There are only five 1942 Nashes in Siam," continued the cable, so the search should have been easy. Yet a hunt led by Siam's Supreme Police Chief himself and a proffered reward of 1,000 ticals (approx. $67) failed to turn up a trace of the missing car, or the recently discharged royal chauffeur who disappeared at the same time...
British troops patrolled the streets in armored cars, carried out the biggest mass arrest (approx. 2,700) in Palestine's troubled history. In the Bezalel section of Jerusalem every male under 60 was rounded up. The Eden Hotel, the city's second largest, was emptied of its guests. Jails and compounds bulged with Jews, most of whom were later released...
...official describes as "an entirely unofficial and imaginative effort," would require from 25 to 100 years to accomplish. Optimistic cockneys say it would be feasible "if Hitler had done a bit more damage." Asked the cost, Architect Lutyens replied airily: "Oh, just about what two days of war cost!" (approx. $100,000,000). Said a Royal Academy committeeman: "If you add another nought, it would be about right...