Word: rubbers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hours of jabbing at suspended rubber balls and diving at leather-backed targets around the wall may make the epee-wielders the best in several years, far surpassing last year's four out of seven varsity wins...
Even such a blue chip as U.S. Steel went begging at $73½, which was less than six times what it earned in 1947. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. brought only 3½ times its earnings. Other blue chip markdowns...
Then, continued U.S. aid to China forced Japan on the defensive. With war in Europe came allied blockades, embargos, encirclement. Japan's access to food, rubber, oil, was threatened. Still, "we did not anticipate . . . that America [would] . . . force Japan to make the first overt act." There had never been a conspiracy among Japanese leaders to make war. "I fail utterly to understand . . . this fantastic accusation...
Repayment: Dollars would be supplied as outright grants or as loans (through funds supplied to the Export-Import Bank) according to each nation's ability to repay. One possible asset for the U.S.: a chance to get and stockpile such critical raw materials as tin, natural rubber, industrial diamonds, quinine, manganese, chromium, copper, lead, zinc...
...second straight year, the Cleveland Browns beat the New York Yankees for the All-America Conference pro football championship. One of the big men for Cleveland: rubber-armed Quarterback Otto Graham, who completed 14 of 24 passes. Sometimes his receivers had to work hard to make the catch. The score: Cleveland 14, New York...