Word: deliverance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Early in World War I a period arrived when industry began to produce war goods-and the railroads to deliver it-faster than there were ships to take it away. At that point the railroads had to embargo further shipments to ports which were hopelessly congested with goods which there...
Nowadays many a trucker, rooted out of bed at night, is called upon to climb behind awheel and high-tail over the road to deliver a load to a waiting ship, or a defense plant slowed down for a lack of parts. (A few hours after Pearl Harbor, a seven...
Most serious bottleneck was among subcontractors. Many hulls slid down the ways, then waited months for subcontractors to deliver propulsion machinery, ventilating & electrical equipment, pumps, the dozen-and-one other vital innards of a modern cargo vessel. The supply of steel had West Coast builders worried, too. Said a spokesman...
> Minor defense irony: beer and liquor trucks (because they deliver finished products from wholesaler to retailer) are in line for new tires, home delivery milk trucks are not (though milk deliveries to retailers are).
In the 126th annual contest for the Boylston Speaking Prizes, 10 undergraduates will deliver short addresses at 8 o'clock this evening in John Knowles Paine Hall of the Music Building.