Word: inferiors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fighters. The U.S. forces which fashioned this resounding victory comprised only 17 divisions-"one of the rare instances when, in a long campaign, a ground force superior in numbers was entirely destroyed by a numerically inferior opponent." The 17 U.S. divisions would include about 250,000 combat effectives...
...working hand in hand. . . . This is a damnable, Communist, poisonous piece of legislation." When "The Man" Bilbo finally tired, he was spelled by Mississippi's junior Senator, James Oliver Eastland, who can "coon-shout" with the best of them. He took another tack: "We are dealing with an inferior race...
...best calculated measures of the new Secretary of Agriculture can still be badly upset by acts of God. If the corn crop is very short, it will be impossible to fatten enough cattle and hogs, even if prices make fattening profitable-light beef of inferior quality may be forced on the market when ranges dry up. Conversely, if the weather continues wet and the corn fails to harden before frost, there may be so much soft corn, unfit for storage, that too many cattle will be kept on that cheap feed instead of going to market...
Thirdly, Canadian and British citizens of Japanese ancestry cannot attend-for all practical purposes-any college or university. Thus, McGill bars them on the frank contention that serfs of inferior race deserve no education. Fourth, they cannot practice any profession or engage in business. . . . Fifth, they have no franchise rights now, except a few "honorary Aryans" who were already residents of Ontario before the war. Sixth, I understand that even outside of British Columbia they cannot reside in the communities where any one objects...
Handbags were discouraging. Even in the bigger stores, like Selfridge's, Harrod's or Debenham & Freebody's, purses were made of imitation leather with no linings (price: anywhere from $8 to $20). Definitely inferior pocketbooks could be found from $3. Leather or reptile skin purses were priced from $40 to $60, and even the selection was meager in the extreme...