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Triumph Complete. News of the victory was an extra fillip to the British public, still savoring the destruction of the Scharnhorst. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser reported that his victory north of Norway was due in large part to the daring attack and pursuit of the German ship by cruisers and destroyers, which slowed the Scharnhorst and brought her to bay under the 14-inch guns of his flagship, Duke of York...
...people the appointment of rugged, incisive Lieut. General Dwight David Eisenhower as top commander in North Africa came as a dramatic fillip. Here was proof enough of the dominant potential of the U.S. in World War II: "Ike" Eisenhower might one day lead the invasion into the Festung Europa...
...profit motive, such as perhaps a $2 rise in the scrap ceiling and more freedom to manipulate different classifications at will under the ceiling can possibly alter this unfavorable trend. The new advertising campaign to the general public to contribute scrap will likely serve only as a temporary fillip...
...Shadow, the same couple, Nick & Nora Charles (William Powell & Myrna Loy), are still married, still in love, but the pace, bounce, snappy dialogue, the old fillip of murder and of amiable dipsomania have given way to resigned indigestion and middle age. Even Asta, their renowned beerhound who suffers nervous breakdowns, can pass a fire hydrant now without so much as an inquiring sniff...
...over last May were FHA mortgages up for appraisal accurate barometer of residential building. Up 15% were sales of big makers of asphalt roofing, asbestos roofings and sidings, cement, gypsum products, insulating lines, other building materials. Fillip: all of their out put was for immediate consumption, not dealers' stocks...