Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that point, Dewey seemed a lonely figure. He was the only candidate* discussing the issues; he seemed to be talking to himself. Then came the break: Franklin Roosevelt made his famed frolicsome speech to the Teamsters. That brought both Dewey and his campaign to life again. The bulk of his detailed reply at Oklahoma City might soon be forgotten, but one note would stick: "He asked for it. Here...
Side by side with the German terror flourished a Greek terror. The British had expected to arrive as liberators. Instead, since the bulk of the German forces had been withdrawn, they found themselves playing the role of policeman to a country on the brink of civil war - and sometimes over the brink. The Greek resistance forces wore the insignia of E.A.M. (leftwing National Liberation Front) or E.L.A.S. (E.A.M.'s fighting...
This northeast drive took the enemy off guard, but there was ample doubt that he could have done much about it, even with advance notice. He had committed the bulk of his dwindling forces to keeping the war from the Rhineland...
Banker Aldrich began modestly and well: the U.S. and the British should "enter into immediate conversations on such problems as tariff barriers, imperial preference, export subsidies, bulk purchasing and regional currency arrangements. . . . We must be prepared to effect substantial reductions in our tariff rates." But then, he said, the U.S. must also be prepared to hand Britain a "grant-in-aid" to stabilize the pound. "The sum may be large," said Banker Aldrich dreamily. The U.S. must also open its purse wide, through the Export-Import Bank, to borrowers from all the nations of the world. How much would this...
...these words, WPBster Krug got ready to move WPB out of the driver's seat. After V-E day, WPB's job will center on the comparatively small segment of industry still turning out materiel for the Japanese war. The bulk of industry will...