Word: cope
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hopes and woes of her environment. You can stand the infamous "Empty Bed Biues" because Bessic's vitality and spirit make the song much more than a piece of filth. You can't stand Dinah's "You Made Me Love You." because her shallowness can't even cope with the mild suggestiveness of the lyrics...
...around to talk to and during meals there is a stampede rivaled only by downtown Boston of a St. Patrick's Day. And Mr. Heman is almost flustered at times by the problem of feeding 1200 tightly scheduled navy men, and keeping them happy in the process. To cope with the latter emergency, the motherly waitresses of days past have been largely replaced by their faster-moving daughters. As for the mechanics of feeding so large a group, comfort has given way to utility and much needed dining hall space. Doors have been cut through walls, the first floor...
...been restricted for fear of political repercussions. Much less excusably, the Government also maintains its silver purchase scheme, which holds the domestic price at an artificial 71?. However tough it may get about nonessential gold mining in the U.S., the Administration is still not tough enough to cope with the Congressional Silver bloc...
...last week Ferdinand Eberstadt, Donald Nelson's new right-hand man, spent much of his first week in office trying to cope with the problem. The Army sent chunky, wisecracking Colonel Baxter over to WPB to take on the job. Colonel Baxter is no novice in war work or Government jobs: he had almost 20 years of active service after graduating from West Point in 1911, plus a stretch as one of Hugh Johnson's division heads in NRA days. This week Colonel Baxter is due to make his first move: a new Steel Recovery Corp., backed...
...cope with the detail of enforcing this drastic transportation edict ODT will increase its number of regional offices from 50 to 150. With luck, and truck drivers willing, ODT hopes to stretch the tire supply until there is enough synthetic rubber available for civilian needs...