Word: hops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...over at Phillips Brooks House the other night and I heard some music emanating from the third deck so I investigated. . . I found a real jive session in progress and learned that they were rehearsing for a Record Hop on July 14 . . . FRANK DAVIS, JAMES OLIVER, F. GLENETT and M. LYSING will give out to all the solid senders instead of the usual wax discs. . . that should be very good between...
...write off this offensive as a minor island hop. This push can reverse the status of the opposing forces in the Pacific war. We have been fighting a war of defense, irritating the Japs into attacking Guadalcanal, where we slaughtered their planes with clouds of fighters hopping off handy airfields. That was war of attrition. It was defensive, and it was not moving towards Tokyo...
Then last week, as peace stocks forged ahead to a new peak, war stocks took their sharpest hop in two months, to come more in line with realities...
...this paid off in production. In April, more than five times as many planes were delivered as in March. In May, production took another hop. In June, Brewster's Johnsville plant sent more planes throbbing into the lazy Bucks County air than in any other month in its history...
...more than it would have brought in March 1942. But there is a loophole: if a dealer has no basis for comparison, he must abide by what his nearest competitor charges. Thus conservative, well-established houses with a long sales record are neatly tied. But small dealers gaily hop through the loophole, often sell used pianos for more than they brought...