Word: itemize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cars, coats, watches, and sundry other items lost, found or for sale form the bulk of the classified advertisements, but every now and then some captivating little item appears which makes readers stop and rub their eyes...
China. This was a life-saving fund, and Under Secretary of State William Clayton pledged that it would only be used to fill the gap left by an expiring UNRRA. A War Department item included another $725 million for rehabilitation of occupied countries. The two items totaled $1 billion plus-a figure which Herbert Hoover, back from Europe, estimated would be closer to $1.5 billion if all foreign relief programs are to be anywhere near adequate. On top of that would come the $250 million for Greece...
...exposed on the Public Marts, nor is it hawked about by street urchins . . . but we might be inveigled into a bit of Honest Barter. ., . . If you produce a joint of Ham, a shaving Lotion, a good Bourbon, a jug of maple syrup or any other good and honest item then we are sometimes in the mood to have...
...horse-track touts, drug peddlers and plain tourists who winter in Cuba were reading the Broadway columns with closer interest. Every now & then they found a nice little item about "Lucky" Luciano, and in Havana it was pretty common knowledge that Lucky was wintering in Cuba...
Little for Service. Buying & selling on a vast quantity basis, as the basement does, keeps the overhead down to a minimum. Filene customers serve themselves, pay cash, carry their own packages (or pay a delivery charge). Frequently, the basement sells the same item as its upstairs store-but at half the price...