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Word: lets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...OVER TWO YEARS, WE OF THE NEW REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IN PHILADELPHIA HAVE BEEN HOPING THAT TIME WOULD DISCOVER AND TELL THE WORLD THE NEW "PHILADELPHIA STORY." WE HAVE BEEN HOPING THAT THE CLEAR, CLARION VOICE OF TIME WOULD RISE ABOVE THE DIN OF THE CHATTER AND "LET-THE-MUD-FLY" CONCEPTION OF PUBLIC SERVICE HELD BY OUR LOCAL ADMIXTURE OF RIGHT-WING, LEFT-WING . . . THANK YOU FOR YOUR OBJECTIVE APPRAISAL OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN THE 1949 CAMPAIGN AS MEN OF ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE POLITICAL PURITY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 10, 1949 | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

Henry Ford II, after reading the steel fact finders' report, said in effect to his executives: "There's no reason why we should have this shoved down our throats. Let's take the lead on pensions." Last week Ford's Vice President John Bugas offered Walter Reuther an 8 3/4 ?-an-hour, company-financed pension...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: New Ford Model | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

Northern, southern and western coal operators sat calmly at negotiating tables in West Virginia, apparently willing to wait indefinitely for Lewis to name his terms for a new contract. Lewis had cut output with his "memorial" and "stabilizing" stoppages and the three-day work week; yet he had let his miners dig enough coal to keep them in business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Trouble in the Hill Country | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...could eventually raise its income from $200 billion to $300 billion a year-enough to bring the national average to $4,000 a family. "That is not a pipe dream," said the President. The immediate job at hand, he urged, was to keep the Fair Deal program rolling. "Let's get to work and do it. If we do ... we will win with that program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Holiday at Home | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

Discreet East-West negotiations were begun. The Russian zone authorities found it in their hearts to let Crete go to Berlin. For 383 hours, Knautschke and Crete were kept in adjoining cages, permitted only to engage in some sedate nose-rubbing. Then they were allowed to meet at closer quarters. When Crete goes back to Leipzig, the Russian zone will get her baby, but another Leipzig female may be coming up for Knautschke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORA & FAUNA: Visitor in the Zoo | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

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