Word: due
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Would the new era mean cheaper coal for consumers? There was some doubt; John L. Lewis' miners would have to be taken into account. Due partly to the warm weather, 69 million tons of coal were above ground at last count; in the piles was enough fuel for 45 days' normal consumption. Lewis was reported to be thinking of ordering his miners off on a holiday to cut down the surplus. Thus Lewis would have an easier time next spring if, as expected, he demands a 30-hour week (with 40 hours' pay). The consumer, as usual...
...public had a right to think that the case was getting somewhere, that it was now in appropriate hands. Everyone could hope and expect that the case would be tried and decided by due process of law -and the first step in that process was action by the grand jury...
...admiral's story was also due for a clapperclawing. Burrowing in the archives of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Historian Tivadar Acs announced, he had found 130 documents which "reveal that Christopher Columbus was a pirate in the French service...
...buyers' market in oil, textiles, washing machines, etc. was not a blessing to all. It had brought surpluses and layoffs in many an industry. U.S. employment in November had dropped below 60 million (to 59.8 million) for the first time in five months. Part of the drop was due to greater industrial efficiency. Since the first of the year, Western Electric Co. alone had cut back its work force by 25,000. In Connecticut, layoffs were so widespread that the Stamford-Greenwich Manufacturers' Council called a conference to discuss means of reducing them...
...five minutes after five, Vag pulled open his desk drawer and stared down at his study card. It was still there. A certain annoyed feeling gripped him, becoming stronger after he pushed the card aside and found a note underneath: "Study card due Tuesday." The calendar over his desk said the same thing. Gambling on a last chance, Vag, dashed out to the next room and unearthed the latest paper from the pile on the couch. Tuesday it was, and his study card wasn...