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...buna program's troubles stemmed from such high considerations. Some plain old-fashioned competitive jealousies were also involved. The refiners had borne the brunt of butadiene research, were miffed because the rubber companies got buna from butadiene on. The chemical companies, scheduled to produce styrene, alcohol and alcohol-butadiene, didn't want to share secrets with the oil companies who had the original know-how. The little rubber companies were sore because they felt the Big Four of Rubber were hogging their end of the program...
...Bengal to the East Indies, then to home waters. Part of the Japanese main fleet moved southward toward a rendezvous at Formosa. Aircraft and light naval units suddenly withdrew from Australia's outlying islands; submarines were left to do the bulk of Jap work, take the brunt of Jap losses there...
Taylor, B. D.; Van Brunt...
...Brunt...
Without doubt the British have born the brunt of the whispering campaign. Almost every frustration which the American have undergone in the last month has been laid at their door. For example, the sugar shortage, tire and gas rationing, and the shortage of tankers for oil transport were all attributed to the British. Every military reverse has similarity been alleged the result of British incompetency or worse. They seem to qualify as the number one scapegoat...