Word: stops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jinnah could not stop the centrifugal spin even if he wanted to. His Moslem followers had been whipped into an irreversible crusade for Pakistan. Their motives ran all the way from deep religious fervor to that of one Moslem politician who said: "In Hindustan I would be nothing, but in Pakistan I could be Secretary of State...
...Hands for the Looms. Every year Dionne has trouble with his hands when summer comes. They quit and go back to the farm, that costs him money, for looms stop clanking, and production costs soar. Considering this problem, Dionne recently had an idea. Why not bring in D.P.s from Europe? He persuaded the Government at Ottawa to declare that "there is a shortage of textile workers in Canada" and to waive immigration rules. Then he headed for Europe...
Twenty years ago Duke Ellington rode into the big time on a gunman's rod. A Philadelphia theater had him under contract but that didn't stop the burly boys sent by Harlem's Cotton Club which wanted him for their new show. One of them told the Philadelphia manager: "Be big or you'll be dead." The quaking manager gave up Ellington. The Duke and his jittery band arrived at the Cotton Club a few minutes before opening time...
...Rank's general manager and heir apparent. He occupies the neighboring suite so that his encyclopedic movie knowledge, learned in 18 years in the business, is always at hand. By 9:30, Rank is in his office, a remodeled Georgian mansion in Mayfair. Business does not even stop during...
...shortage of steel caught up with the automakers last week. Some 50,000 autoworkers were laid off. Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth final assembly lines clanked to a stop; General Motors closed two body plants; and Briggs Manufacturing Co. shut six body plants. Most plants which still operated slashed production schedules...