Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Happened. War's disruption was the main cause. To it nature had added floods in China and French Indo-China, a tidal wave in Madras, drought in Australia, South Africa, Greece and Mexico. Rice as well as wheat was short; but since the four main countries (the U.S., Canada, Australia, Argentina) whose surplus grain might avert famine produced wheat, not rice, the world food crisis was spelled in terms of wheat...
...wheat this year instead of the normal 13,000,000 tons of imports. The surplus countries (mainly the U.S. and Canada) may be able to provide 24,000,000 tons before the end of the crop year, but the world would then still be 8,000,000 tons short of its minimum need...
...British Commonwealth representative, suggested that the remainder of the report be submitted in writing. Whitney refused: ". . . the gentleman's [Derevyanko's] allegation . . . was a challenge to the Supreme Commander's conduct of the occupation. I intend to give the full details of this report and nothing short of it." He was allowed to finish while Ball closed his eyes as if in sleep...
...short business meeting those present elected John T. Noonan '47 as president, David F. Kingsley '47 as vice-president, W. Brewster Kopp '47 as treasurer, and Richard L. Wattling '49 as secretary...
Under strong lobby pressure to end all price controls, the House of Representatives has pasted together another patchwork quilt of economic irrationalities and short-sighted solutions. Business and farm groups envision a speculator's paradise in which they will make a quick, sure killing; the amended Price Control Act is the result of their wondrous wishful thinking. The inflation that may soon follow would be tragic for most Americans, the large majority of whom favor blanket renewal of the OPA for another year. With elections approaching, Congress is gambling-but national inflation is hardly worth the risk...