Word: scaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Gibraltar, Britain's proud Home Fleet, led by H.M.S. Nelson, was about to hold full-scale battle exercises...
...fact that the U.S. is going to make large-scale loans was nothing new. The U.S. committed itself long ago to the theory that one way to peace is the way of international trade-"free from warring economic blocs and . . . barriers." That was the theory behind the International Bank established by the Bretton Woods agreements. Until the Bank can get going, the U.S. alone plans to underwrite that theory, in a limited...
...have been completely overlooked. And I protest also that until labor is willing to do an honest day's work, and permit its exploited members to compete with each other and to permit the brains and ingenuity and industry of the individual to earn more than a union scale for turning out a better-than-average day's work, the best intentions of Washington will lead us deeper into a national mess, and democracy will become only a word for radio comedians to kick around...
...Achille van Acker's Socialist Party with 69 (prewar: 64). The Communists took 24 seats (prewar: 9), the middle-road Liberals toppled to 17 (prewar: 33). Neither the Catholics nor the leftists were now able to rule alone. The Liberals, enfeebled as they were, could still tip the scale either...
...nearly every science and every branch of engineering, there are proved principles which have lain dormant for years because their use required too much calculation. Example: aircraft designers know how to predict air-drag theoretically, but the job takes so much figuring that they prefer to make scale models and test them-somewhat inaccurately-in expensive wind tunnels. In future, they may rely on eniac...