Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...coal shortage, prime factor in most of Britain's troubles, was mostly to blame in December. Last week the Cabinet discussed employing displaced Poles already in Britain, to work the man-short mines...
...Government got around to telling the people some of the hard facts of their economic life. On the eve of Parliament's reassembly it issued a White Paper, chocked with black news. Britain's position was "extremely serious." The U.S. and Canadian loans "only give us a short breathing space." The country was "still running into debt Abroad." In 1946 its imports exceeded exports by $1,312,000,000. Its manpower shortage was grave: 500,000 to 700,000 more workers were needed in export industries if the trade balance was to be attained...
...result, Britain was far short of her export goal (175% of her 1938 average). The export drive, off to a brave start, reached 120% of the 1938 average last July, then leveled off to 117%. But in December it slumped...
...race for independence, the tricky, smiling Burmans last week forged ahead of their solemn Indian neighbors. A Burman delegation prepared to leave London after quickly getting almost everything-short of outright independence-that it had come for. The process had been relatively quiet and painless, although at times it was a bit embarrassing to all concerned, like Sir Hubert Elvin Ranee's reception...
...third quarter of his race, Dodds fell two seconds short of his planned time, but still nobody was near him. His old rival, Leslie MacMitchell, had won a 4:17.2 mile the night before and was obviously overtired. Dodds broke the tape 35 yards in front of the nearest man, New York A. C.'s Tommy Quinn. Dodds's time - 4:09.1 - was the fastest indoor mile Boston had ever seen. The crowd cheered lustily for five minutes...