Word: uniformities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Gulbrand Lunde, Propaganda Minister and second in command of Vidkun Quisling's Government in Norway, Joseph Goebbels was a man to be admired. In mannerisms, gestures and work, the small, blue-eyed Norwegian tried to emulate his Nazi friend. First of the Quisling Cabinet to get a uniform, he copied his so closely from Goebbels' that in photographs it was hard to tell Lunde from Goebbels. Norwegians nicknamed Lunde "lille Goebbels," and knew him as a vain, ambitious, foolish man who had been an outstanding research chemist when he joined the Quisling Party...
That the new cruzeiro system would bring immediate relief seemed dubious. In effect, Brazil would get not only new money, but more money. Only gradually will the new 10, 20 and 50 centavo pieces, the new, uniform-size cruzeiro bills supplant the timeworn milreis. The new coins, copper, aluminum and zinc, minted since Oct. 12 are being released immediately, but surcharged milreis bills will for a time serve as cruzeiro bills...
...rumor that the new uniforms darkening the Yard were Commando suite was cleared up as officials explained that the blue wool shirts and trousers are the new winter uniform. Used for all Naval students here, it has been especially designed to suit conditions of weather and school...
...King, in the powder blue uniform of an air marshal, and the Queen, in mourning for the Duke of Kent, were there to greet her. As Mrs. Roosevelt stepped off the train, she smiled broadly, walked straight to the Queen, over whom she towered by a full head & shoulders. Said Mrs. Roosevelt: "How nice to see you again. How are you?" Newsreels ground away as she chatted with the royal couple; the crowd let out a ready cheer as she drove to Buckingham Palace...
With correct musical treatment, claims Burris-Meyer, slumps in the normal production curve can be straightened so that work goes on at an almost uniform speed (see cut). But his findings go much further than that. He asserts that in a number of experiments his music reduced tardiness on Monday morning from 22.75 to 2.75%-presumably because it makes workers enjoy their work more...