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Dunn's first report was a godsend to Franklin Roosevelt, who needed good news at the time. Skipping its many ifs, he broadcast its cheerful conclusion: that in 1941 we would have a 10.1-million-ton surplus, in 1942 a 2.1-million-ton surplus, after all military, export, and normal civilian needs. That was before Lend-Lease...
...loss of its vessels has been a godsend to U.S. Lines. Over 80% of its $3,801,180 net income in 1940 came from sale of its ships. The America, its No. 1 money-loser, was the climax. She was built to replace the old Leviathan, whose owners patted her poop whenever she lost less than $75,000 a trip. The America did a little better than that. But since her commissioning last summer she has lost something like...
Both the extension of National Scholarships to Massachusetts and the proposal of study rooms, nevertheless, constitute a Godsend for the commuter. Eventually, it is to be hoped, more New England students will be given National Scholarships and more non-resident upperclassmen will obtain House privileges. Eventually also the balance between local students and students from other regions must be adjusted; then Harvard's scholarship plan will be truly national...
Twenty-four hours after the Squalus went down the Navy had every available expert and rescue device on the scene. Calm weather was a godsend. At 10:15 a.m. Diver Martin Sibitzky went over the side of the Falcon and was lowered to. the deck of the Squalus. Under the terrible pressure in icy water, work was very slow. It took him 20 minutes to slide a shackle over a ring on the submarine's deck, clip a bolt through, tighten a nut. A cable was attached to the shackle. Before Sibitzky was back aboard the Falcon, nearly...
...world over a sales talk wherewith to woo legislators and tax payers. He delved into the histories of nations from Rome to the U. S., came up with his theory that no nation ever became a world power or held its position without a Big Navy. This was a godsend to his contemporaries, who had to deal with the awful fact that so long as the U. S. was content to grow within its mainland boundaries, it did not need and would not have a Big Navy...