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...perhaps unanswerable questions regarding the Wallace candidacy hinge upon the size of his expected vote. Since the bulk of Wallace support will come from the predominantly urbanized, politically conscious states where a large Democratic turnout might be expected, it is quite possible that a heavy Wallace vote will subtract enough from the Democratic total to insure a Republican victory in those states. At the same time a large vote will demonstrate the dissatisfaction of a considerable body of voters with the programs of the two major parties, and will cause both to make an effort to attract the dissidents...
...issue and not have just what one paper likes shoved into our mental stomach. If Marshall Field, Hearst, McCormick or anyone wants stockholders in a new paper enterprise in Kansas City, he can figure up how many he can get by taking the Kansas City population and subtract those in top places at the Star, the City Hall and the Chamber of Commerce. All the rest would beat a pathway to that better mousetrap...
...common beliefs: 1) that milk is good for adults' teeth because it provides them with calcium; and 2) that a pregnant woman is vulnerable to tooth decay. Not so, says Jay: after tooth enamel is formed (in childhood), nothing can be done either to add to it or subtract from...
...final accounting, attorneys' fees, executors' commissions, administrative charges and funeral expenses would subtract a $200,000 chunk from the estate. Estate taxes would take out considerably more. But the remaining fortune made F.D.R. the second richest U.S. President...
...deficit each month will be 30,000; for twelve months, 360,000. Subtract 360,000 from the July 1 total [wanted by the Army] of 1,550,000 (p. 3323, Congressional Record, April 6, 1946). Result: 1,190,000 on July 1, 1947-far above the Army's own estimate of needed strength...