Word: comedownance
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...Prohibition Era would rather not. But to Norman Hume Anthony, onetime editor of Judge, Life and Ballyhoo, ft is the time when Americans were happiest. His autobiography, just published, How to Grow Old Disgracefully (Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $3) is a flippant, bawdy, superficial account of phenomenal success and complete comedown in the tricky business of trying to make magazine readers laugh. It is also the most unashamed backward look at the National Bender in a long time...
...Each power would be responsible for food and fuel for the inhabitants of its zone. This meant that Americans, British and French must haul most of their supplies from west of the Elbe, a comedown from the original Anglo-U.S. contention that Berlin's outlying regions, which are under Russian control, should be Berlin's breadbasket. The Russian part of Germany was seriously short of supplies and could not support all Berlin...
...battle, to cling to "the faith that tells us that this war will end in a mighty German victory if only our will remains unwavering." For the man who once delivered victories by the carload, to talk of "belief" or "faith" in victory must have been a sorry comedown...
...European charter" is the propagandistic excuse for the comedown from the Herrenvolk idea. Said one Nazi paper: "The difference between the Atlantic Charter and the now newly formed European Charter is that England has no National Socialist Party [to] guide the fate of continental countries...
...service doctors for 1943 is a comedown compared with the figures predicted last autumn (TIME, Nov. 9). At that time Dr. Frank H. Lahey of Boston, head of WMC's Procurement and Assignment Service, was faced with Army & Navy demands for about 33,500 more doctors. He called a meeting of the officials involved, emphasized that doctors are not grown by sowing dragons' teeth. The Army & Navy have since announced that they would cut their demand...