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...Pretty damn tough" was his term for a new WLB policy that: 1) practically bars more raises for workers who-under the Little Steel formula-got 15% increases to offset higher living costs; 2) entirely ends raises that might boost prices, hamper the war effort and lure workers from one job to another...
...beach west of Henderson Field. The prevailing wind had been from the southeast, so that there were no waves pounding on the beach. But now, with the rainy season, the prevailing wind was beginning to haul around to the exact opposite quarter, so that rough water would hamper beach landings. It was imperative to reach out and capture Point Cruz, which sticks out like a miniature Florida into Sealark Channel. Under the lee of Point Cruz landings could be safely made, whatever the wind...
...Ground echelons of Air Forces ground units, which comprise 75% of the Air Forces overseas do not need long training, usually go overseas quickly. The restriction would prevent the Army from putting men under 20 in such units, might seriously hamper the pilot and crew-training program by forcing the Army to strip off older men on the teaching force to go overseas...
...addition to unbeatable spirit, however, it was also the skill of oologist Harlow that produced the last-second winning touchdown. The Crimson coach noticed that Princeton was playing a six, three, two man defense in which the line and the secondary rushed the ball handler in order to hamper Harvard's passing attack...
...Burt French, Katherine Whitfield, Carol Wheeler, and John Rand '43 support the double triangle around which the plot moves. Adele Thane as a scatterbrain middle-aged wife is glaringly miscast; she parboils the comic two thirds of her part and convincingly portrays a dramatic third act. Make-up difficulties hamper Robert Bastille'43, for his audience cannot forget that they see a Harvard man disguised as a sexagenarian...