Word: dependables
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...assumes lowly tastes on the part of the servicemen. I, a servicewife and a veteran of many PXs, can work myself into a huff just thinking about it. ... I'll wager nine out of ten comic books are bought in desperation. If people like to read and depend on it for relaxation, they'll read anything rather than nothing...
...where they can expect a steady though meager ration (NATD anticipated a daily supply of 15 cigarets per person for 1945). NATO's 1,200,000-odd U.S. retailers (except those serving transients only) will follow the plan-or they won't get cigarets. The rest will depend on the conscience of the nation's smokers...
Actually, a random sampling of opinion "directly from the voters" is highly untrustworthy. Accurate results can be obtained only by applying an elaborate series of checks and balances concerning types of voters, voting habits, etc. His polls, explained Dr. Gallup, depend on "at least twelve important adjustments for their accuracy." In this complex mathematical calculation, involving such unknown quantities as election-day weather, the only sin of which Pollster Gallup appeared guilty was that he may have used his Xs to bring down Roosevelt's vote and failed to recognize other X factors which would bring it up again...
...disruption of U.S. supply, these advances alone constituted a splitting of the front. But, if held, they did not constitute a serious blow to the Americans' ability to fight this week's big battles-on the hard-held bulges where decision might depend...
...office to test the new businesslike effectiveness. Stettinius was cordial, as always. He was also mum as a clam. The correspondents probed and pounced, trying one approach after another, but to no avail. The New Dealing New York Post's William O. Player asked: "Does the U.S. attitude depend on Churchill?" Replied Ed Stettinius: "No comment." To all questions, he returned the same answer. Finally, the Chicago Sun's exasperated Tom Reynolds remarked tartly: "It seems to be possible to be more frank in London." Once again, Stettinius purred an amiable "No comment...