Word: fearfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...jumped $6.60 a ton. Two months later, with Holland, Belgium and France gone, and Italy in, the U. S. had lost an export market (including Scandinavia) amounting to $568,000,000 in 1939. The stockmarket broke 35 points from May 1 to June 15, lay paralyzed with fear. But the U. S. swung into the greatest production boom in its history...
...consumers bought new cars partly in fear of priorities, they bought other things because they had money to spend. Retail sales in 1940's last quarter ran about 10% ahead of 1939. Sears and Montgomery Ward, whose sales reflect farm buying, set new sales records in 1940-10-15% above...
...natural for the English leaders to say they do not want their world to go under because they fear Germany's new ideas may spring over to England...
...town. Queen of its night life is the Pastime's Blonde Bobbie, who relaxes at the piano between rounds, amazes customers with a repertoire ranging from blues to classics (all played by ear). On West Second Street flourishes a row of oldtime cribs, whose occupants have nothing to fear except monthly medical examinations...
...leading headline of the latest issue of Defense reads "Harvard Feels British Victory Essential for National Defense." This statement is meant to afford great solace to old grads who have come to fear that "Harvard is a hotbed of radicals, cynics, and pacifists." The headline is ostensibly the conclusion the Editors of Defense have reached after conducting a scientific poll of undergraduate opinion, but the discerning reader may not be able to reach the same conclusion as has the optimistic staff of Defense...