Word: summing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...supplies to Russia, Persia remains on the United Nations payroll. If the Allies seize all of the Mediterranean, the cumbersome overland route to Russia may be abandoned; Persia will be out in the cold. Shrewd Persian Premier Ali Soheily added these facts last week,came up with a neat sum-Persia declared war on Germany to become eligible: 1) for Lend-Lease; 2) for a seat at the peace table...
Whether it wanted it or needed it or not Des Moines last week had Lawsonomy "the base of absolute knowledge." For an unnamed sum the Humanity Benefactor Foundation bought defunct Des Moines University's 14 acres and six buildings (including dormitories for about 390 students), closed since 1929. On hand for the occasion was Lawsonomist No. 1, a 74-year-old ex-ballplayer, ex-aviation operator, crusader for valueless money, named Alfred William Lawson...
...start at the grass roots of private enterprise-with the nation's 2,000,000 employers (90% of whom employ less than, eight men)-and see what can be done about arranging for this production and this employment. If enough businessmen will do their smart part, the sum total may equal the beyond-the-horizon frontier toward which U.S. hopes are directed...
This week I commend the thrilling sum mary of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (TIME, July 19). ... I read it twice over with satisfaction...
...Angeles' Will Rogers Jr., serious son of the late famed humorist, was not so sure that Congress' decisions were for the best. Off on a mission to London, he sent his constituents an acid personal résumé of Congress' work. An ardent Roosevelt man, he wrote...