Word: indexes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...studies of the fourth U.S. President. When Volume I appeared in 1941, Historian Henry Steele Commager predicted that Brant's work might become "one of the really important biographies in our literature." Pegging away (in Kissimmee, Fla.) at his 2,000,000 notes and his 12,000-card index of Madisonia, Author Brant hopes to finish the third and last volume...
Cold Comfort. In spite of the cold weather, which nicked steel and automobile output, the Federal Reserve Board's index of industrial production for January stood at 192, a peacetime peak, for the third successive month (1935-39 average...
Despite the LeCorbeillers deep interest in General Education the master of the house can easily be distracted. Just confront him with one of two listeners and a black board and both chalk and an excited index finger will start wagging as Philippe LeCorbeiller takes a long, penetrating glance at a world that is a long long...
...sharpest breaks in the history of the index, but it was far from matching the drop of some 20% in grain prices in three weeks. But Clague hoped that more of the lower prices would soon be passed on, once businessmen were sure that grain prices were going to stay down...
Durable Boom. The Federal Reserve Board reported that its index of industrial production dropped slightly from a postwar peak of 192 in November to 191 in December. Despite the general decline, however, durable goods continued to advance; steel, autos, and freight cars reached new peaks...