Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Odds. He had also revised the odds on the whole Republican sweepstakes. MacArthur's poor showing let the air out of the MacArthur balloon with a sudden, dismal swoosh. Tom Dewey was worse off than if he had never shown up at all. Taftmen had something to crow about. Not only had Dewey's prestige been dented, but MacArthur strength, they hoped, would now flow their...
...Gallup poll reported this week that either Tom Dewey, Arthur Vandenberg, Harold Stassen or Douglas MacArthur would defeat the President if the election were held now. Only Bob Taft ran behind Harry Truman; Henry Wallace was a poor third (no more than...
...Wisconsin primary results failed to daunt Toshiyo Oda. "Although many think Makkasu Gensui [Field Marshal MacArthur] made a poor showing in Wisconsin, I think differently," Oda said. "Returns showed the Gensui has sokojikara [depth and strength]. Here is a saint and philosopher who has not been home in years, nor campaigned for himself - and yet he comes in second to Stassen. ... I view the Wisconsin primaries as an indica tion that the Supreme Commander has more than a good chance of becoming President...
...S.472's most earnest, effective sponsor was Ohio's Senator Robert A. Taft, who four years ago was the foremost opponent of federal aid to education. Reflecting on that debate, Bob Taft had become convinced that it was not sound logic for the U.S. to let a poor state "do the best it can"-if its best was not good enough. Asked a colleague: "Then the Senator surrendered to facts?" Replied Bob Taft with typical candor: "I changed my mind...
Hardest hit was United Air Lines, Inc., which had a $1,086,961 profit in 1946. The rise in costs, poor weather early in the year, and the grounding of all the new DC-6s swelled United's loss to $3,747,000. American Airlines, Inc., biggest domestic carrier, was also nipped by the grounding. Though its traffic (some 1.4 billion passenger miles) and gross revenues (nearly $82 million) were the highest in company history, its losses soared to $2,962,776 (from...