Word: doubledealing
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Back in the wardroom, we felt like a quiet celebration. It was our first sub of the day, and our first big one in some days. . . . Someone suggested a bridge game. We started it-our first in nearly three months. My partner, a young ensign from Chicago, maneuvered expertly until...
In World War I, the deadly dance of the prices doubled the war bill of the nation. With this grim lesson in mind, the Administration last April appointed bushel-bellied Leon Henderson as Price Boss. Henderson had no real authority to enforce his price ceilings-or at best, questionable authority...
>From July 1914 to May 1917, prices of metal and metal products almost doubled-up 96%. From July 1939 to mid-January 1942, the same prices advanced only 11%.
What Was Wrong? Like a bridge player down two on a grand slam, doubled and redoubled, Adolf Hitler was obliged to second-guess the play of his hand, and make the best of his mistakes.
While draft boards took a long second look at their deferred lists, the Army & Navy were happy to report that enlistments in the month following Pearl Harbor were the highest in history. In the scramble to get into action, 60,000 men joined the Army, 56,000 the Navy, 18...