Word: due
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...current edition is a "war to peace" revision of the 1940 edition. Over 10,000 postcards went out last fall requesting address changes, and by April 35,000 had been returned. 7645 postcards have been due since 1940, and the Directory lists these 7645 men as "lost" alumni...
...came through many a prizefight on cigarettes and a bottle of whisky, recalled the President, but "a fellow in Kansas City . . . dropped a brick on him and killed him." Then he solemnly reminded his boys that they and he must be careful not to get the big head: "Due to the fact that through luck and the good Lord you happen to have a Chief Executive of the United States, you mustn't . . . feel that you are better than the other people who served and fought for the country...
...which has about 10 million bald or balding men, leading dermatologists say that the condition has many causes, some known, some not, some curable, some not. For ordinary baldness in which the hair follicles die, they say the best "cure" is a toupee or wig. For baldness due to trichotillomania (the compulsion to tear the hair out), the best cure is to stop tearing the hair...
...they skimmed off $275 million annually in dividends and interest, many U.S. investors wondered why more Canadians didn't get in on a good thing. Was there a lack of Canadian capital? Up to a point, there was, but the shortage was partly due to a shortage of Canadians (12.8 million v. 148.5 million U.S. population). Moreover, many a Canadian in the chips wanted to play it safe. He put his money in the more conservative wood pulp, paper and textile industries, left such speculative fields as oil to gambling Americans with specialized know...
...After Due Consideration...