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...December??2005 nearly 70% of adult Iraqis took the trouble to vote in their national elections. If we are not willing to fight to help decent Iraqis establish democracy, what are we willing to fight for? Some commentators have pointed out that more Americans have died fighting in Iraq than during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. They forget that more Americans died on the beaches of Normandy in an hour on D-day than in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...
...Iron production during January was 1,714,266 tons, a gain of 3% over December???the first gain since April. Production during January 1930, however, was 2,827,464 tons, and last month's figure is the smallest for any January since 1922. Pig iron production is usually at its seasonal low during February, its high during March...
...left over from the War) a considerable volume of short-term debts?notes that matured in 12 months or earlier. These were issued to fall due on the 15th of March, June, September or December???the same dates that income tax payments are made. When one of these dates came around, the Treasury would pay off some debts out of its surplus and pay off the rest by issuing new short-term certificates or long-term notes. This has been a regular procedure...
...Congress that nobody liked"? Senators and Congressmen said it about themselves. They said it because the press said it. But they realized the truth of it keenly; although all of them left the Capitol feeling sure that they would return in December???none of their terms expire until next March? they went knowing that many of them would come back, following the November elections, only for a farewell session...
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