Word: nine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bring its day-by-day finances under the control of Congress. Frustrated, he bided his time and nursed his grudge. This spring many a Washington politico believed that the 76-year-old spoilsman had TVA squarely in his sights at last. His enemy, David Lilienthal, faced reappointment for a nine-year term, and McKellar's influence in the Senate and the South could not be lightly considered by a fledgling President...
When he celebrated his 120th birthday last week, James Wilson was almost as sound as ever-he still ate anything he wanted, and could read the Bible without his spectacles. His face was almost unwrinkled, his hearing unimpaired and he still had nine teeth. When friends and relatives called, James Wilson stood on the front porch and made a 15-minute speech with sweeping gestures. Nervously, his audience asked him to sit down...
...Hollywood's coveted "Oscar" for "revolutionizing the newsreel." The MARCH OF TIME has been developing constantly since those early films, and today it requires a staff of close to 100 specially-trained technicians. Head man is Producer Richard de Rochemont, who headed its operations in Europe for nine years and covered the early battles of the war firsthand for TIME & LIFE. His seven camera crews have been to the ends of the earth to record the great and the near-great of our times, and their adventures would fill a column many times the length of this one. Today...
...first handful of discharged soldiers returned to their homes, welcomed by families and friends, photographed by the press (see ARMY & NAVY). But eleven million were still in the armed forces and nine million of them would stay there. Other thousands would still be drafted...
Automobiles. A few cars will be made in the next six to nine months, but it will be three years before pent-up civilian demand can be met. The shortage in tires, batteries continues...