Word: exceeds
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...people in the U. S., statisticians estimated that some 45% would be qualified to vote on Nov. 5. From 15 to 20% of these (the bedridden, the nonplussed, the indifferent) probably will not show up at the polls; but indications last week were that the total vote would exceed 1936's record-breaking 45,647,117 by about...
...warned that in Germany "science [had gone] mad in the hands of demon-ridden masses." In Mass Effects in Modern Life he warned that mass production found its political form in the Bolshevik state. In Fifty Years Hence Churchill forecast the rise of fascist states whose power would far exceed the intelligence of their rulers, whose intelligence would far exceed their morals. But he would not write off democracy. Democracy, he insisted, is a function of morality...
With the posting of order numbers the draftee may tell with reasonable certainty how soon he is likely to be called. It is probable that the first fifteen numbers will produce the 30,000 the Army has asked for in November. This means that the University quota will not exceed twenty...
...Some gentlemen may be tempted to exceed the mark in their repentance of their sins of silence. Among these the name of Archibald McLeish leads all the rest. . . . This custodian of the nation's culture inferred last spring that the Word was more important than the truth, when he scored the post war writers for the effect of their work, although he could not deny the validity of the picture they painted. One may gather that if we are to join Mr. MacLeish in the Word hunt, we are to disregard truth and teach only that which serves our particular...
Loans. Better-than-average insurance prospects, many draftees are already good personal-loan customers. But only 5 or 10% of all small unsecured loans outstanding are against single men of 21 to 36, who presumably will exceed married men among draftees. (Of the draft eligibles, only about one in ten will march to camp.) If a draftee cannot make payments while in uniform, personal-finance outfits will ice the loan, catch their man when he goes back to work. With only a fraction of their business affected, moneylenders expect the boom in business will offset possible draft losses...