Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...knew what it was. I didn't have to read it. It was short. They always...
Gasoline. The new increase in gas to civilians will give them 1,416,000 gallons a day, 200,000 short of the national need. As this amount may be made up from Army stocks on hand on V-J day, gas rationing can be ended promptly...
...short, beginning Jan. 1, the production rate will quadruple. If production continues at that level, 1946 will approach 2,000,000 cars...
There are millions of men and women of good will in Japan . . . who are a necessary foundation stone in the structure of world peace." To cut the war short of Japan's "utter ruin," the signers asked for "clear and immediate formulation of American objectives [and] conditions of surrender...
Thou Shalt Not Drink. The Code is a specific, relatively short (about 4,000 words) list of prohibitions covering Crime, Sex, Vulgarity, Obscenity, Profanity, Costume, Dances, Religion, Locations (i.e., bedrooms), National Feelings. (Sample rule, under Crime: "The use of liquor in American life, when not required by the plot or for proper characterization, will not be shown.") Under its provisions, the 28 member-companies of M.P.P.D.A. consult the Hays Office on every step in the making of a picture, from the purchase of a story idea to exhibition. If critics com plain that such prohibitions result in a childishly unrealistic...