Word: bottomly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...defense management by a sweeping surgical operation, or to let things boggle along until somehow the U.S. produces enough war material in spite of bad management. From almost every man whose opinion he has respected in the past still came the sincere warning: revise the setup from top to bottom now; bring in fresh management blood to replace the men who have failed to deliver what was needed of them; outline the controls so clearly that the red-tape bottlenecks will vanish; give one man the responsibility; it is later than you think...
...Japan's already well-spanked bottom President Roosevelt gave one more mild slap. He upped the tariff 50% on canned crabmeat, of which the U.S. bought $3,269,000 worth from Japan last year...
...market trends frequently have followed London's, after a time lag of varying duration. From war's beginning until last winter, London and New York quotations moved almost as one (see chart). Both markets slid sharply during the Lowlands campaign, hit bottom after Dunkirk and France's fall. Then began a slow recovery, interrupted by another decline with the Nazi spring successes...
...Texas: the U.S. had mines, trained men, machines, land, power & light to dwarf the rest of the world. All the charts showed a satisfying line in which U.S. production of something shot way above anybody else's; there would be a little wavy line way down at the bottom of the page for the rest of the world and a curve swooping right...
...which Hitler does not grant the U.S. military muscles. Toward Japan Welles has had a clear policy of distrust. But again he has been an "appeaser," because he has consistently favored trading with Japan until the U.S. is ready for any consequences. Last week he had come to the bottom of the diplomatic barrel. There were almost no diplomatic moves left unmade. The problem of the Japanese would sooner or later be turned over to the Navy and its Commander in Chief...