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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Candidate Tom Dewey, who kas always been a faithful reader of the pollster's barometer, was presented last week with a forecast of the political climate. Basing his conclusions on readings taken over the past four years, Pollster Elmo Roper predicted fair & warmer weather for the Republican ticket, with some danger of intermittent thundershowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Dewey Weather | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

Some new answers were on the way. The initials were K2, PC and PT. With enough of these the U.S. could absolutely dominate all of the nearby Atlantic, and the main Atlantic Fleet could concentrate on the farther reaches. Kas are blimps, nonrigid airships, capable of patrolling an area of 2,000 square miles of ocean every twelve hours. When the U.S. gets enough blimps nosing out of bases up & down the Atlantic Coast, no submarine will dare venture in daylight within blimp-range along the entire coast. The U.S. Navy, never a small operator, planned a total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Answers on the Atlantic | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

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