Word: broads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bulge. Patiently and logically, in terms of command and the necessities of logistics, Ike knocks down Monty's argument in favor of a single ground commander in Europe (Monty wanted the job) and a single punch against the Ruhr and Berlin (again by Monty) instead of a broad crossing of the Rhine. The same logic and logistics dispose of Patton's claim that, given the men & supplies he needed, he could have rushed Germany off its feet in 1944. Both Montgomery and Patton were dazzled by what seemed their individual opportunities, says Eisenhower...
...First, and foremost, it is the responsibility of government to guarantee a minimum of demand and a relatively stable demand; for these are the sine qua non for a prosperous economy. That does not mean a steady accumulation of public debt or continued inflation. It means, insofar as the broad objectives of public policy allow, minimum public expenditures and maximum taxes (and repayment of debt) in periods of exuberance (1946-48), and increased public expenditures and minimum taxes in periods of depression. It means lacing public activity with private. The way to deal with inflation is to reduce the amount...
...even Roosevelt could not overcome his nurtured fear of debt. The Democrats, therefore, did not, as they should have, introduce an adequate policy of tax reduction in the thirties. With the New Dealers back in the saddle, we may except in the immediate future minimum expenditures consistent with broad public objectives; and no tax reduction, and possibly an increase in tax rates. This is the time of pay off debt: this country should pay off $10 billion of debt in the next year...
...College) at Jenkintown, Pa. Often thereafter Tacho, flowers in hand, waited under the eagle in Wanamaker's to take Salvadora Debayle to a tea dance or movie. Later, to be near his Salvadorita, he stayed in Philadelphia for several years as bookkeeper at a Graham-Paige agency on Broad Street...
...Caption on a full-page picture of Torn Dewey in LIFE, Nov. 1: THE NEXT PRESIDENT TRAVELS BY FERRY BOAT OVER THE BROAD WATERS OF SAN FRANCISCO...