Word: quotas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lincoln factory the daily quota was 284 vehicles. The men knocked them out easily one day, finished two hours ahead of time. They started to play: first they threw water, then buckets of water, then the buckets. When the Army security officer at the plant asked them to go back to work the reply was: the quota was made, that's all there...
...December the school will be graduating 1,000 WAACs, enrolling as many new ones, each week. By April 1943, the present 25,000 quota of the WAAC will be filled...
...movies a few years back, the play won't be mere repetition, since each Dracula is sinister in his own chilly way. You can hear were-wolves and howling dogs off stage, while a bat and a maniac add to the actual scene. A full quota of green light, darkness, and feminine screams also serve to enliven the evening. The central character is the sinister, putty-faced Count Dracula, an evil combination of Superman and Batman...
Lowell, largest of the Houses, but also containing the highest percentage of scholarship men, is next in line with 78 students who have pledged $35 and already paid $25 of this. Kirkland with 55 signed up for $20 every week, has sold its $20 quota and $8 more. Last on the list is Dunster with only 40 students pledged for $25 a week and $18 collected during the two days of the drive...
...biggest single medical undertaking in history" was projected last fortnight by the American Red Cross: in the next twelvemonth the organization will collect 2,500,000 pints of blood from U.S. citizens for their armed forces. This quota is about 50% higher than for the last twelvemonth, will require some 50,000 donors every week...