Word: due
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...surprise you to know there are thousands & thousands of people in the city of Memphis who never make up their minds as to how they will vote until they know Ed Crump's wishes. This is due entirely and solely to the confidence they have in him. . . . All they want to know is whether or not a candidate is supported by Mr. Crump. . . . He has always been right...
...With due fanfare, Manhattan's R. H. Macy & Co., on Decoration Day, advertised 20,000 white shirts at $4.98 each. To Macy's surprise, customers did not kick each other in a rush to buy next day; the shirts moved slowly. This week Macy's tried again. It offered substantially the same quality. But the price had been cut to $3.98. There was no frenzy, no surging crowd. Commented Macy's Vice President Richard Weil Jr.: "The sellers' market in white shirts is about over...
...have been due to the coal and rail strikes. Or it may have been the record amusement-hungry crowds that jammed every race track and ballpark. Whatever the cause, there was a very slight slump at U.S. movie box offices during the month. But no exhibitor was either worried or feeling any pinch. So many people were still standing in line for movie seats that the trade described the slump as merely a drop "from super-sensational to mildly terrific" business...
...Study cards will be due at 2 University Hall before this hour. Penalty of $5 for late filing of schedules of courses...
...raving beauty" but who had a sulky look to her. Now "The Postman Always Rings Twice" is here in the movies, with sheer quantity of kisses pinch-hitting for passion and Lana Turner for the sulky, Mexican-looking woman. Murder and the bum more nearly receive their due, the latter at the hands of John Garfield, but in no way does the picture generate the speed and intensity of the book...