Word: godsends
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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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...