Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...soap is a major necessity) lamented: "No woolens." For want of glycerine, a by-product of animal fats, General Electric could not get the lacquer it needed to finish thousands of refrigerators. For want of industrial soap and stearic acid, all synthetic rubber production in Akron was expected to drop sharply in November, stop completely in December...
...whose prose style is, in most respects, consistent with his aspect. The cartoon on page seven of the same copy, portraying a successful caricature of the late Roger B. Merriman patting the head of a small Freshman, and carrying the caption "Saturday, September 21. Freshman advisers. 'Drop in again. Any time. Next May, for instance'," is adequate testimony to the popular saw that the old gags are still the best...
...President did not try to bolster the "great danger" warnings in the Steelman report. Among them: zooming living costs (see chart) and the resulting cut in real wages to the lowest point since early in the war; a drop of 8.5% in take-home pay since April 1945; inflationary pressures which could lead to "price collapse" and depression...
...General got the freedom of the city, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University. He stood as godfather at the christening of infant Richard Seton Tedder, son of Air Chief Marshal Lord Tedder and his Lady, but refused to hold the child for photographers ("I might drop him!"). Bagpipes welcomed the Eisenhowers to Maybole, where the General was made a freeman and burgess. Ike, who had got in a little shooting on the moors, put the townsfolk at ease: "The poachers among you will find just as many birds left as before I came." Bagpipes piped...
Today is the last day on which undergraduates (except Freshmen and other new students who entered College in September) may change, drop, or add courses without a $5 fine. Petitions should be filed in person at University...