Word: indexed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dust, from helmet to boots. He commands the troop's light tanks, which have been up against the Germans' heavier Mark IVs and VIs since the column left the beach. The only break in the tank commander's greyness is a red gash in his right index finger. He inspects the gash and says he got it buttoning up his tank. He tells his story briefly, tiredly, carefully...
Pressure of idle money seeking higher returns from dividends and interest has been the principal factor in the rise. Percentagewise, the market value of listed stocks has advanced 67% since April, 1942, as compared with a 10% rise in the Cost of Living Index of the Department of Labor. Hence, when compared with the rise in controlled prices, the advance in security prices has been substantial...
...desk in London, Jan Smuts's thoughts are first of all on the coming shape of Europe, in which he foresees Russia as the colossus, France as a lesser nation, Britain in need of a fresh orientation of power. He says, emphasizing his words by drawing, with his index finger, neat holistic circles in the air: "The axis of the new world, the greatest new development today, is the cooperation of America and the Commonwealth...
...Skirts are not yet on the Hays index. A glance at col. 3 will reassure those who think they should...
...Dewey got 15 delegates (plus two uninstructed who favor him), Douglas MacArthur 3, Harold Stassen 4, and Wendell Willkie not a one. Though returns were still incomplete this week, the best index to the popular vote was in the totals cast for the four delegates-at-large: the top three were Dewey men, and got 130,497; 114,395; and 112,052 votes respectively. The next four were MacArthur men, who polled 71,282; 68,249; 65,819; and 61,755 votes. Four Stassen men followed, and last came the four Willkie candidates...