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Word: billion-plus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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...work (especially on the famous Boeing Flying Fortress), hotfooted after new business. When in May 1941 President Roosevelt announced the super-duper heavy-bomber program, Phil Johnson was right on the ball, gave Air Chief "Hap" Arnold a four-point program which is still the framework of the $3 billion-plus U.S. bomber program. Soon he had snagged a whacking slice of the whole schedule for his own bombers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Outcast into Hero | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

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