Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harry's strike was never necessary. The shipowners had offered his longshoremen wage boosts, had agreed to let his union run the hiring halls until the Supreme Court should rule on their legality under the Taft-Hartley Act. East Coast, Gulf and Great Lakes maritime unions had accepted similar terms. But Bridges struck anyway...
...relation (some Britons call it a conflict) between the Commonwealth and a Western European Union. Dominion representatives asked Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps if Britain's commitments to supply capital goods to Europe under the Marshall Plan would not interfere with the shipment of similar goods to their countries. Cripps said no. The visitors seemed impressed when he pointed out that Britain's capital goods exports to Commonwealth nations were up 60% over...
...comparison goes beyond individuals. Both the 1946 and 1948 elevens dropped early games to Andover and Holy Cross in similar games and by similar scores. In its third game against Exeter the 1946 squad gained a tie and then amazed everyone with a string of three straight triumphs over Dartmouth, Brown, and Yale--all previously unbeaten squads. Thus if the current eleven shows well in its own Exeter game today, it will be an indication that the theory is well founded...
...Similar Seasons...
Macdonald and Forte experienced similar seasons when they led the Crimson. Tailback Macdonald, whose running and passing made him a Varsity standout in 1938, was able to perform in only three games of the '39 season owing to a badly sprained ankle. Novacaine injections, which failed to work during the Penn game, aggravated the damage to his foot...