Word: extras
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Government as Senator. At first Bridges tried to argue that most of his trustee's salary went to lawyers, accountants, and other expenses of the job. But last week a report made public by the Senate Banking and Currency Committee showed that Bridges had actually drawn $12,000 extra from the fund to pay for professional advice. Some time next month, said the embarrassed Senator, he would tell the "full story" and maybe he would quit the union job, to boot...
...Manhattan, Henry Modell pushed his idea for an "AntiDepression Week." Modell, head of a chain of sporting-goods stores, has persuaded 2,200 retailers across the country to cut their prices an extra 10% from...
...summer Sula Valley cattlemen had burned extra candles to the Virgin, and had spoken bluntly to their patron saint. Such measures had once been credited with bringing 100 inches of rain a year, but since January only five inches had fallen. Shoulder-high grass turned brown, and the scrawny, tick-infested cattle fell dead of starvation...
...make New York nonstop from London in six to seven hours; it would be no trick at all to make a round trip in a day. Four hops could get it to Australia in 36 hours. De Havilland hopes that many passengers in a hurry will gladly pay extra for speed...
...astronomical $303.7 million, 46% above 1948. The reason: as steel became plentiful this year, G.M. was able for the first time since the war to push its production throttle to the floor board. G.M. intended to keep it there: next week, Chevrolet's Flint plant will add an extra shift to step up production from 480 cars a day to 680. In 1949's second quarter, G.M. had already broken all previous quarterly production records by turning out 792,346 cars and trucks...