Word: arounders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most military experts are beginning to feel that this attenuated naval force would be less than unfortunate. They point out that the Navy's light fundamentally centers around the question of who is going to fly out bombers from where. The Navy wants to stage them from carriers, and points to the wonderful mobility and endurance of its carrier task forces in the Pacific during the last war. The Air Force feels that this admitted flexibility of the task force is outweighed by the size limitations inherent in carrier planes, and the expense and vulnerability of the ships handling them...
...bulls, all this was a sign of the market's inherent strength. But there were plenty of bears around. Not in 17 years, in fact, has Wall Street been so full of them-if the number of short sales is any index'. The New York Stock Exchange reported that, as of Sept. 15, short sales had risen 127,581 shares in a month to a total of 2,133,700, the biggest since Aug. 4, 1932, when the total stood at 2,151,840. The bears were wrong then. Only a month before, the market had hit bottom...
...acting Chief said that the crowded streets are a definite fire hazard. Numerous complaints were received last year, he said, from truck owners who could not maneuvre around Mill Street...
About 100 Yale students gathered around the band while other Yalies proceeded to cascade warm bath water on the intruders...
...into a rotary traffic circle, a plan that is now being given a 30-day experimental trial. Success of the whole plan hinges on the ability of large trucks and trackless trolleys coming into the square from the Central square end of Mass. Avenue to negotiate the sharp turn around the subway kiosk...