Word: firsts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...style confession magazines confessed that they were in trouble." Presumably the trouble referred to was financial trouble, inasmuch as you quote from my midyear letter to our stockholders which reported a loss in the second quarter of 1949 of $11,635, after showing a profit in the first quarter...
...Steel profits were large: $606 million after taxes, based on the first half of 1949 -an increase of 124% over 1940-41. But that was not as big as it seemed because of the drop in the value of the dollar. And the industry's recent modernization and rebuilding policy "has absorbed most of its recent substantial profit...
...Showing. Harry Truman, who is never happier than when he is off on the old political two-a-day himself, was in bubbling spirits. On Labor Day, he had tried out his act again for the first time since last fall, and it was still the unchallenged best on the political boards...
When Thomas returned to his office last week, one of his first callers was Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. After a long and earnest conversation, peace was declared. Johnson issued a formal statement which put Congressmen and federal officials on their honor to use military aircraft only for trips in the "national interest." Definition of national interest was largely left to the conscience of the officeholder and his boss. Cooed Elmer Thomas: "I commend Secretary Johnson for his decision...
...Excuse Me, Sir." The doors burst open and a 46-year-old insurance agent named James Hutton hurried out. Unruh spoke for the first time. "Excuse me, sir," he said quietly, and tried to brush past. The insurance man stood motionless. Without another word, Unruh shot him, first in the head, then in the body. He walked into the store and mounted the stairs to Cohen's apartment, where the druggist's family was frantically hunting hiding places...