Word: fixings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...decided 6 to 1 that it had no jurisdiction to review the verdict. The Japanese-and many Americans-were somewhat bewildered by these final hesitations. There were to be no more. The seven understood that; they waited in Tokyo's quiet Sugamo prison for General Douglas MacArthur to fix the date of execution...
Wrong Decision? U.S. Rubber Co., which had just been fined $5,000 for conspiring to fix prices at home (TIME, Nov. 1), was in trouble again for its doings in the international market. Attorney General Tom Clark filed an antitrust suit against U.S. Rubber, its British subsidiary, Consolidated Rubber Manufacturers Ltd., and British Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. The charge: that the three companies had divided up the world rubber market, and prevented the unlimited flow of rubber products into...
...coded signal. When this reaches the omnirange, a repeater answers like an echo. An automatic device on the plane measures the time between the signal and the echo. It turns this interval into the distance in miles and "displays" it on a dial. This gives the pilot a perfect "fix." He knows his direction and distance from the omnirange. Therefore he knows exactly where he is, though there may be three miles of clouds between him and the earth...
This isn't the sort of stuff that red-blooded Americans ought to do, especially with the world in the awful fix it's in. But it sure is lucky that the younger generation hasn't figured out how to make those atom bombs, considering the way young rowdies are blowing up everything in sight. You bet your sweet life it's lucky...
Finally, for those who end up about three in the morning with a dry feeling in their mouths, Chinatown will fix it with an Egg Foo Yung...