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...Dewey, talking to newsmen, stuck to his declaration of last November that he would not be a candidate. And he risked alienating corn-country support when he urged Midwestern farmers to reduce their pig population so that they could send feed to the East, thus avert an Eastern milk famine. At this point, many a newsman decided that Tom Dewey really was not seeking the nomination. Others thought he merely reflected the belief of most patriotic citizens that a quick solution of wartime problems is more important than political ambition...
...replacements. With the war burning oil ever faster the ratio of new wells to use probably means far more pessimistic figures in 1943. The U.S. will not find itself out of oil tomorrow or the next day. But when the war reaches its peak, the pinch may come. To avert that pinch, wildcat oil wells must be sunk this year...
...fumbling and lack of foresight in OPA, which should have established more drastic controls earlier in the winter. Best explanation why the action was taken now was that the East's oil and gas reserves (the amount is a military secret) were running dangerously low. OPA hoped to avert a serious crisis in the event of a future cold spell or more pressing military needs...
...Adams squad was the injury of "Mac" McCoubrey, fast back, in the first play of the game. With their star runner out, the Adams offense never really materialized. Defensively Dick Manegold and Bill Rand held back the big Bunnie line time after time, but they could not avert a final score...
This disaster would be the loss of Persia, Iraq and the whole Middle Eastern bridge between the main land masses of Europe, Africa and Asia (see map, pp. 34-35). Marshal Timoshenko. fighting for the Volga and the southern Caucasus (see p. 36), is also fighting to avert that catastrophe. So is General Alexander, at his gate to Egypt and Suez (see p. 34). If either fails, or both fail, "Jumbo" Wilson will find the enemy on his bridge. His task is to assume that both will fail, and to do all that can be done to retrieve their failures...