Word: solely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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More than a year ago he signed an agreement making A.F. of L. sole bargaining agent for the handful of shipyard workers then employed in his yards. Since then total yard employment has jumped to 150,000-a huge army of dues payers who are hungrily eyed by rival C.I.O. shipbuilding unions...
...Sole reason, said Sun executives, was economy. The Sun had lost heavily in its first year, stands to lose more in 1943 because of expected advertising losses and type-metal and paper shortages...
...have stated emphatically and repeatedly to Commander in Chief General Eisenhower that in leading North and West Africa . . . into the ranks of the United Nations I seek no assistance or support for my personal ambition. My sole purpose is to save French Africa, help to free France and then retire into private life with the hope that future leaders of France may be selected by the French people themselves and by no one else...
...North Africa, the U.S. advance was stalled for lack of air superiority. From the Solomons came little news of fighting. Sole bright spot on the fighting front was Buna, which finally fell into U.S. hands. But from one battlefront-on which all others ultimately depend-the nation received dramatic news of great successes...
Faced with such a 1943 squeeze, Paul McNutt will have to do some fancy juggling, make some tough decisions. Two facts affecting all the people emerged: dependency will soon be out as the sole reason for military deferment, many more women will have to go to work in war industry-perhaps enough to boost the total from the present...