Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Kaltenborn and his colleagues usually have to go on the air without enough time to reflect, weigh, or wait for more information. Kaltenborn himself predicted that Hitler would not come into power. A few hours before the Wehrmacht smashed into Poland, he still thought that negotiation was a good bet. His expressed views on labor have often been tendentious and shallow in perspective...
Many interesting facts of life are often picked up from fragments of conversation which when fitted together reflect interesting attitudes as a whole. Mr. Block was overheard to say that he would like to have the faculty officers participate in calisthenics with the Senior class some morning...
...Chicago, 500 dealers reflect the same gloom. From the January high, when dealers had a 143-day supply on hand, less than a 60-day supply remains, 40% down from a year ago. On the West Coast, dealers have scraped through the bottom of the barrel. Throughout the country, ancient jalopies, hardly worth a junk price of $10 a few months ago, move quickly at $50 and up. Also setting established dealers to biting their nails are the number of "clean deals" (without trade-ins). The clean deal rate, normally 10 to 15% of sales, has soared...
...radiation and there is no drop in the thermometer. On a partly cloudy night the thermometer records the passage of clouds, rises as much as 20° within four minutes when a cloud passes over. The molecules of water in the air, whether as droplets or as invisible humidity, reflect heat waves from the ground and give higher readings on the thermometer...
...Staff officers should study each document, reflect: "Is it necessary to pass this on to subordinate units?" If it is, cut it in half...