Word: hoardes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...industry. Starting Oct. 23, he must borrow another $1,300,000,000 from Canadians in the Dominion's seventh war loan. Because 60 to 70% of Canadian war production is for the British account, many war workers have been expecting cutbacks. Minister Ilsley did not want them to hoard their cash. He counted on the Pacific war needs, plus reviving civilian industry, to make his job prediction come true. But he added a cautious qualification: "In many cases men & women will have to look for new jobs, but they will be there...
...much as 1,500 planes a month - many of which, the Japs admit, are defective when delivered. But only about half the 1,500 are combat types, and U.S. air fleets have destroyed enemy aircraft recently at a rate of better than 750 a month. Japan must hoard air power for defense of its heartland...
...last year. Signed by 57 members of the liquor industry, the ad said that the U.S. then had only 203,000,000 proof gallons of whiskey on hand. Since that amount would have to last until production was resumed, the ad urged the public not to hoard...
...door. The officers commandeered a quantity of precious gasoline, saturated the building and its contents, stood back in satisfaction as one more apparent hazard to the health of troops went up in smoke. The frantic, howling owner did not speak enough English to make them understand that his stinking hoard really smelled just right...
...blow was struck last spring by John Maynard Keynes, First Baron Tilton, with a proposal that in effect would give the British dominance in world currency arrangements. The second was a counterproposal by Harry D. White for the U.S. Treasury, giving the U.S. the upper hand through its vast hoard of gold...