Word: checked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...whole idea, he said, was to get away from the increasing government controls which rigid supports would surely bring. Besides, by reducing the support level when farm production was high, farmers would not be tempted into overproducing at government expense. Said Aiken: "Let us not look for a check from the government as the first line of attack in the battle for farm prosperity. Let us work first of all for a decent price in the marketplace...
Most of the predictions were made with a big "if" predicated on the strikes. Midway through his nationwide tour to check up on the economy, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer cheerily reported: "Sales in the retail clothing lines and shoes have fallen off in the last two weeks . . . [But] unless the steel and coal strikes are prolonged . . . there is no reason why the recent upward trends in business should not continue...
...Elephants opened their scoring spree early in the first perod when tackle John Cowles pounced on a Leverett fumble in its own end zone. After this first touchdown the Bunnies kept the Eliot T in check until an Eliot interception laid the way for Rick Hudner's 20-yard dash for the second score...
Ranging in amount between five cents and hundreds of dollars, the average check will run about 12 dollars, Cole said. Dividends paid amount to 12 per cent on cash purchases and 10 per cent on items charged...
...spend, on the average, half your practice time each week learning and executing other teams' offensive and defensive tactics. One day you run, say, the Cornell offense against a punishing varsity line; the next day you're the Army defense trying to keep the varsity's offense in check...