Word: details
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ford Attorney I. A. Capizzi sourly hinted as much: "Every detail of this law [the NLRA] is un-American . . . tyrannical,' and Benjamin Franklin said that 'rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.'" Ford might be bagged, but he was not yet tied hand & foot...
...Armed Forces of the Pacific proceeds to compare in detail the physical strength of the Japanese and U.S. fleets to draw conclusions from the Russo-Japanese War and the Battle of Jutland to suggest the commonly supposed hankering of Navy men to go beat the Japs while the beating is good...
Last week the British had crept and climbed to positions all around him, making Amba Alagi uncomfortable for other reasons besides altitude. He decided that he had detained the British long enough, asked for peace terms. The British gladly delivered. Neither Cairo nor London divulged the terms in detail, but one of them was said to be certain: the Duke of Aosta would have to surrender not only his fancy uniforms but also his own fancy person. For the British the capitulation was timely, because they still needed every man they could muster...
...automakers' agreement to curtail 1942 production (TIME, April 28) was last week worked out in detail. The over-all reduction was set at 20.15%, from 5,289,972 new. cars this model year to 4,224,152 next. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, which produce 90% of the nation's autos, agreed to cut their production 21.5% so that their medium-sized competitors would have to cut only 15%, their smallest competitors not at all; thus no company would be forced by quota below the break-even point. It was a good plan, with one failing...
...Charles Boyer, as suave and guttural as always, and the woman is Margaret Sullavan, who is one of the few women left in Hollywood who rely more upon acting than glamour. With the excellent performances of these lovers, the picture simulates the original novel in every detail. All the emotions and reactions of a twentieth-century working girl and her undercover affair with a famous banker are there in perfect order. So much stirring of the human soul could, however, be fit only for the sensitivities of a disappointed matron, which is the aim of everything Miss Hurst has written...