Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Gates Special proved itself a good machine from the moment it was started. For the first time in Indiana history an incumbent G.O.P. Senator failed to be renominated. Willis took one hard look and withdrew. LaFollette stayed in the race, got only 105 votes for his pains, then quit the G.O.P. completely. The total for Jenner: 1,994. With Democratic influence dissipated in the state, the nomination virtually assured Jenner a Senate seat. But Indiana Republicans almost forgot to talk about him, fell to speculating on what gruff, stocky Governor Gates might do when he got behind the wheel himself...
...Race against Time. Into the project, which rivaled the building of the Pyramids, went Chinese rock and Chinese earth, Mississippi flood mats and Douglas fir pilings from the forests of the Pacific Northwest; into it also went UNRRA money and UNRRA grain. But the most important contribution was Chinese hands -200,000 of them-working night...
Todd last week was racing against time. If he cannot fill in the last 500 yards of the Kaifeng gap before the July floods, all his work may be wiped out. At any moment, the delicate accord between Nationalists and Communists might break. From the river last week, Todd could hear bugle calls and see the dust of marching columns as the Nationalists reinforced their Manchuria garrisons. He feared that one side or the other might attempt to blow up his dikes in order to pin the blame on the opposition. But if he won his race, millions would live...
...boldest competitor is David (Esquire) Smart's smart and colorful Coronet. By dropping its cuts of Etruscan vases in favor of homey pictures of kids & pets, it had shot up (said Smart) to 4,000,000 from a puny prewar 120,000. Recently Coronet got into a "saturation race" with the Digest. Both had been selling out regularly. Now armed with more paper, they dumped thousands of extra copies on the market to see what it could stand. Returns jumped heavily, but both hit their biggest circulations in history for that time of year...
...have been due to the coal and rail strikes. Or it may have been the record amusement-hungry crowds that jammed every race track and ballpark. Whatever the cause, there was a very slight slump at U.S. movie box offices during the month. But no exhibitor was either worried or feeling any pinch. So many people were still standing in line for movie seats that the trade described the slump as merely a drop "from super-sensational to mildly terrific" business...