Word: master
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...said, the best-fed cats are the sleekest. Can it be that the systematic starvation to which the master race subjected the people of Europe and the stolen plenty in which they themselves wallowed may have been responsible...
Jimmy Byrnes, the skilled old master of strong compromise, finally took a hand, wrote a reply that seemed to please all concerned except the Japs and (probably) the Chinese. It was forthright, unmistakable-and it was undoubtedly a crushing blow to Tokyo's peace party. Some 27 hours after Tokyo's offer had first been heard, OWI transmitters in San Francisco, Honolulu, Saipan were broadcasting Byrnes's note (for the U.S., British, Russian and Chinese Governments...
Controls: Off & On. OWMR Boss John W. Snyder, still new in his job, got the task of drawing a master plan, of coordinating all the emergency plans...
Rationing: On & Off. To speed civilian access to goods and services, Boss Snyder's master plan called for an end to rationing as quickly as possible. The picture: ¶ Immediate lifting of gasoline rationing, but not of fuel oil which is still short. ¶ Continuance of automobile and tire purchase controls-for a short time. ¶ Canned goods off the ration lists at once. There will be more food, but meat rationing will probably continue for months. Shortage of sugar, fats and oils will mean continued rationing. (The Army will cut its food demands about one-fifth, will live...
Last week. Trader Selznick rode into the master's list with a bang. He announced that he had coupled his talents, audience prestige and star power (Hollywood's second best) with the distribution outlets and capital of Britain's movie king, tall, pious Joseph Arthur Rank. It was a deal that every major Hollywood studio had hoped to turn. Selznick made it during Rank's recent Hollywood visit (TIME...