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...defeat, also resented the Führer's withdrawal. They stamped down sparks of unrest. Old rumors cropped up about violent disagreement within the ruling clique, and experienced correspondents thought that now the rumors were probably true. But Naziwise Swedes saw no chance of such disagreement leading to breakdown until "the invasion is consolidated and Allied advance guards are well on the way to Germany's frontiers...
...left in the background. It appears most clearly in the answers to a Gallup question assuming that the war in Europe will be nearly over on Election Day, but mentioning neither the Pacific war nor the peace terms. Here Roosevelt wins by 51%-to-49%. But a breakdown by regions shows him leading Dewey only in the Solid South. In terms of an actual election this would mean a Dewey victory, since a Democrat with a useless surplus of Southern votes must get about 52% of the national popular vote in order to win. The figures...
...these demands stack up to more food than U.S. farmers can produce. They are short of labor, of machinery, of fertilizers. They are threatened with a breakdown of highway transportation. Most farm trucks are overage, tires are worn thin, replacements hard...
Liza Elliott (Ginger Rogers), the frigid, tailored editor of a fashion magazine, works so hard at her job, and at her avoidance of life, that she is near breakdown. In her waking hours Editor Elliott 1) keeps snapping at the office pest (Ray Milland) who insists on calling her Boss-Lady, 2) cannot bring herself to marry her lover (Warner Baxter) when divorce at last sets him free, 3) is attracted, to her own bewilderment, by a massively masculine cinemactor (Jon Hall). Asleep, she has spectacular dreams, complete with music. She consults a psychoanalyst (Barry Sullivan). In just four interviews...
Wartime conditions affecting Freshman enrollment were shown in a University release which stated that 464 of the 569 men who registered for the first time in July and November were under 18 at the time. A complete breakdown of the figures indicates that about 2.3% of the Class of '47 enrolled...