Word: drains
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unit, a $200, bright-red version of the Gl mine-detector, was purchased because turn - of - the - century plumbers were illiterate and could not record where they had laid their pipes, Robinson said, "Now," he added, "every time a squirrel runs down a drain and clogs it up, the plumbers have to dig up half of Cambridge to find the trouble...
...position toward its possessions is that of a parent with lusty, growing children, who must be supported until they become self-sustaining. For the past half-century Puerto Rico has been a costly child, its upkeep running into millions annually ... To reduce this drain on U.S. resources, Congress has tried to encourage American industry and investment in the island through tax exemptions and other inducements . . . GEORGE R. MERCADER Beverly Hills, Calif...
When President Truman signed the present law in 1948, he specifically condemned its inadequacy and obvious bias, and urged Congress to revise it at the first opportunity. A bloc of Republicans and Southern Democrats has just thrown one opportunity down the drain. Perhaps in January, with a larger number of Senators interested enough to attend, this mistake can be rectified...
Ever since his great & good friends, Hitler & Mussolini, went down history's drain, Spain's Francisco Franco has suffered an international ostracism. In 1947, Argentina's Evita Perón broke into his loneliness with a spectacular visit. Last week it happened again-in double measure and double pleasure for Spain's plump dictator...
...problem was that Lustron needed an additional $14.5 million. But with that, most of RFC's allotment would be spent, and even then Lustron's success was uncertain. If RFC refused the new loan, the $37.5 million lent was down the drain. While RFC waited for a suggestion from Congress, Lustron made some savings. It laid off 600 workers, partly because it had some 400 houses on hand and wanted to sell them before producing any more...