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Then last week WPB Chairman Donald Nelson issued his own chart showing official U.S. war-production progress. Nowhere on it was the deep dip in output that the alarmists had reported in the past two months. Production was still rising, if only 2% in June. To most citizens, the chart looked like glowing proof that the U.S. had pulled off a production miracle. Even if output now seemed to be leveling off, ever-optimistic Donald Nelson had an explanation: "Additional increases are harder to get. . . . America is now in the stratosphere of production, and to reach higher altitudes requires supercharging...
...dip between two hills we came into full view of the enemy, who could now strike us with enfilading fire. Some soldiers drove into a narrow ditch to ascend the slope, but the Colonel strode straight up the hill. As we climbed everyone grew faint, turning pale and looking at each other in the naked frankness of misery...
...President Roosevelt plans a daily dip in the White House swimming pool...
...semi-automatic renewal of maturing investments (no new ones are made); 3) extending limited credits to central banks; 4) handling payments under the international postal agreement and prewar treaties; 5) acting as banker for the International Red Cross organizations operating from Switzerland. Last year the bank had to dip into its reserves to pay its usual 6% dividend of 7,500,000 Swiss gold francs...
...When I dip into the future, jar as human...