Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Well, TIME, you did it again-a new low for Man of the Year-a visionless man playing blindman's buff-a parochial politician belligerent in substituting shallow ineptitude for a plan to create markets of good will and mutual trade outlets between the nations of the world, which alone are true basis of peace among peoples...
Between sips of tea and bites of chocolate cake, Wright, who is 77, told reporters how he had gone from mortuary to mortuary "to get the feel of the trade. From what I saw, I began to wonder if I felt as good as I should-makes a man pause...
...Queen did not travel alone. In 23 small tombs around her royal chamber lay skeletons of her servants, killed at her death to attend her on the journey. Each had the special tools of his trade so he could serve his mistress. Beside a sacrificed painter lay his paint pots. A boat-builder's skilled spirit hands would provide for the Queen's transportation on the Nile of the other world...
From its sizable British market, Hollywood got another rebuff last week. Said Sir Stafford Cripps, president of the export-conscious Board of Trade: "I am certain there are millions of [British] filmgoers who are anxious to see the best films from other countries. But there are limits to our appetite, both quantity and quality, and we also feel that exchange implies reciprocity." Unless Hollywood exports improve, he warned, Britain may well restrict them by imposing quotas and tariffs...
...resulting Holloway Plan was at least a step in breaking the Annapolis monopoly on production of career officers, though wartime reservists were ready to bet that the Navy's top commands would still go to "trade school" graduates for a long, long time. This week Admiral Holloway moved into Annapolis as its new (and 35th) superintendent, handpicked for the job by Secretary Forrestal...