Word: jam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jam. But would the trouble end that quickly? Many worried businessmen doubted it. Auto dealers, cursing Regulation W's strictures on installment credit, hunted for buyers, saw their stocks of new cars mount to more than 400,000, a full month's supply. Hudson had so many unsold cars backed up that they overflowed into Detroit's State Fair Grounds. Last week it shut down for two weeks and laid off 10,000 men to let sales catch...
...general arrived on time. In dark slacks and a battlejacket without trappings, except for the two circlets of five silver stars, he strode with an easy half-wave, half-salute through a jam of curious stenos and secretaries, past milling clusters of newsmen and photographers, into Room 318 of the Senate Office Building. Bedlam followed him in. Cameramen clambered on to chairs to capture the firm jaw, the still-dark hair and serious mien, for the afternoon editions. The 25 Senators of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees dribbled in, shook hands with Douglas MacArthur...
...Jam We Are In." Best estimates credit Russia with a tactical air force of 16,000 to 20,000 planes, said Lodge, of which about 9,000 are free for an attack in the West. To assure air superiority to the proposed North Atlantic army, Lodge calculated that the U.S. and its allies need 18,000 tactical aircraft ready for battle...
...That," said Senator Lodge, "gives you some idea of the jam we are in." Lodge thought that the U.S. should have at least 150 wings, preferably 175, with 48 of them tactical. The probable cost: about $25 billion a year. Can the U.S. afford it? Concluded Lodge...
...Quick Jam...