Word: loading
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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From the first, the railroads insisted they could handle any traffic load the defense boom might produce. When Burlington's Ralph Budd joined the Defense Advisory Commission, he did not seem worried either. In July, when traffic had risen to over 700,000 carloadings a week. Commissioner Budd urged the roads to fix up their bad-order cars, keep them below 6%. The Administration wanted him to force orders for 100,000 new cars at once, 500,000 by 1942. Mr. Budd preferred not to interfere with rail managements...
Evarts, assisted by Taylor, drew first blood with a goal late in the opening canto. St. Paul's evened the score at 5:02 in the second-period, with Harmon assisted by Mechan and Ordway, but Harvard drew into the load eight minutes later when Beebe, assisted by Benton, netted the puck. But the schoolboys' two scores early in the last period spelled defeat for the Yardlings, and they were never able to turn the tide...
...soup," i.e., horsepower. In soup the new radials were ahead of the Allison by close to 2-to-1, even when the Allison was putting out its full power. Excess power means not only more speed, but better climb, higher service ceiling, more ability to lug the heavy armament load needed in modern fighters...
...administration is called upon for personnel, plans, management of situations as in London and Berlin, which are not described in the books. Invention and improvisation are imperative. There may be no time for legislatures to convene or for courts to decide. Competent and energetic administrative staff must carry the load for the time...
Swimmers like Captain Frannie Powers, Lonnie Stowell, Art Bosworth, Dick Harris, Dave Stearns, Roger Willcox, Bob White, and Max Kraus have proved their worth. They can form a pretty fair swimming team all by themselves, but some of the load must be shouldered by newcomers if Harvard is to maintain its high position in the takn world...