Word: holde
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...America's own U.S. military machine, Forrestal said it badly needed cranking up. True, the U.S. did hold a "fair margin of superiority" on virtually every technical weapon. But even the atom bomb was neither sufficient to prevent attack, nor enough to insure victory after attack. Any war would require the best combined efforts of the Army, Navy and Air Force. And Jim Forrestal reported frankly that, after 15 months of "unification," they were a long way from being unified...
...half, one-third, one-fourth fractions of deferred students would be made smaller if the military budget is raised and draft quotas resultingly enlarged. On the other hand, if President Truman succeeds in urging Universal Military Training on Congress, this deferment policy will no longer hold...
Those teeth, of course, are museum pieces; such things don't get lost every day. But plenty of textbooks, coats, overshoes, and other pedestrian items pop up in one place or another during the year, and don't get claimed. The several depositories hold lost articles for a sufficient period of time, but that alone doesn't insure a competent lost-and-found system. The loser should have every chance to pick up his property; he can't do that unless he knows where to look...
Collectively, the Crimson has pumped in 45 goals so far. Only one team (McGill) has managed to hold Coach Chase's skaters to less than four goals in a game...
Looking for Bargains. The people of Canada had ended World War II with swollen savings accounts. Now high prices had rubbed down the swelling. People wanted to hold on to what savings they had left, if not for a rainy day, then for cloudy days...