Word: dumps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brought up short again when an irate citizen asked how long a nearby rubbish dump was going to be permitted to burn. The city manager, who lost his sense of smell apparently as the result of a sinus infection ten years ago, did not realize that the stink penetrated even into the auditorium. When he said: "It isn't burning-the city is operating a wet dump," new hoots of laughter arose. He looked startled again, jotted down a changed opinion of how the dump smelled...
...early morning, armored combat teams of the crack American Constabulary thrust westward in a surprise attack. Paratroops dropped near Frankenthal to secure a Rhine bridgehead. Partisan guerrillas closed in near Kaiserlautern and "destroyed" a supply dump. Threatened on their flanks, the 1st and 4th Divisions reeled back until units of the 2nd Armored Division, in reserve, moved up to hit the aggressors and cover the retreat...
Biarritz canceled the unveiling, refused to pay Cousino, and had the pyramid carted off to the city dump. But Biarritz still wants Eugenie. The city fathers are looking for another sculptor...
Many a U.S. retailer, also short of meat, is ready to dump controls. Black markets are thriving as "independent" packers roam the cattle country, buying above ceiling prices for hotels, nightclubs, etc. Many old-line packers have closed or are about...
...industry had ever thought controls would work without rationing. Now, since meat prices have been going up under OPS while many other prices have been stationary or dropping, everyone from cattleman to retailer thought it was time to dump controls-and get the vast supply of meat on the range to market...