Word: good
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...much to the credit of Writer Ardrey as Producer Berman and Director Minelli that the picture "stoutly refused to spice up the sin or gloss over the grimness of Emma's life . . ." If writers were not such forgotten men in Hollywood [you might have] a few more good pictures . . . to list as Current & Choice...
...think it would be a splendid gesture to suggest to the member nations signing the North Atlantic Treaty that they be allowed to liquidate their war debts in similar fashion. These funds could thus become great pools of mutual friendship and good will, helping the generation about to cope with world problems to work harmoniously and understandingly together...
...announced that the President had neither known nor approved of any "assistance" he might have given business firms. He denied ever helping Five-Percenter James V. Hunt, or even having business connections with his good friend, Fixer John Maragon, who had made a good thing out of his White House connections (TIME, Sept. 5). He brushed the famed seven deep freezers off as gifts which were "an expression of friendship and nothing more . . ." He swore that he had never taken a dishonest nickel...
Across the country, farmers were cautious but content. They had good equipment and money in the bank, the fat of six prosperous years. The total volume of crops was only 6% short of 1948-5 incredible production and 30% above the 1923-32 average. Rice and tree nuts set records. Cotton, wheat, oats, tobacco, apples, peaches and pears were above average. Nature had been kind; improved technology had increased yields by a whopping 50% an acre in the past 20 years. And men had worked hard for the bounty they would reap. As Mrs. Barbour pointed out: "People look...
...about the time she didn't get some pork chops thawed out soon enough for lunch and had to buy eight for $1.70 at the country store. "That just about broke my heart," said Mrs. Goodhue. "They'll tell you that the farmers are getting good prices for their hogs. But there's an awful difference between what we get and what we pay over the counter...