Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...United Nations Appeal for Children, the worldwide campaign which Pessel's cry served to open, was conceived by Norway's tall, blue-eyed, idealistic U.N. Staffer Aake Ording, to fill a gap left by the world's governments. A year and a half ago, when UNRRA had closed down, member nations of the U.N. created I.C.E.F to carry on its work for children. U.N. experts figured that it would need at least $450 million to care for an estimated 20 million semi-starved and rachitic waifs for a year. The money finally assigned to I.C.E.F. amounted...
...last week, the estimates on world grain available for export had been upped 4 to 5 million tons, enough to close the gap between supply and minimum, needs. So some U.S. farmers and grain dealers who had been hoarding grain for higher prices were frightened into selling...
...Gymnasts held that margin most of the second period, and increased it to 59 to 50 with only a minute and three-quarters left. Four baskets in rapid succession--two by a much-improved Walt McCurdy, and one each by Rockwell and Hauptfuhrer narrowed the gap, but they weren't quite enough...
Remnants. Analyst Phelps had made the understatement of the week. The gap between stock prices and stock earnings had narrowed to the point where the stockmarket seemed like a bargain basement. But even the hand-me-down prices were not tempting enough to investors...
...time for inflexible military discipline in the University is past . . . The University has done its part. It is the duty of the military authorities to do their share in bridging the gap by relaxing discipline as much as possible . . ." November...