Word: makings
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...smaller fry who make up most of the industry were not production-minded. Rich, pink-cheeked Bomber Builder Reuben Fleet of Consolidated Aircraft, sensing the uncomfortable pressure of his biggest customer (the Navy) complained of the "risky margin" of 2¼% at which he might be forced to make planes. Having got some new plant as a gift from the British, many planemakers wanted a similar gift from the U. S. By year's end, U. S. aircraft was in an obvious mess. This month little Republic Aviation laid off 50 men because it could not get parts. Deliveries...
...threading the narrowing gap between capacity and Defense production, none footed it so featly as the automakers. As soon as the President called for 50,000 planes, people figured Detroit would make few cars that year. But before anyone could say whether or not Detroit should have the necessary tools, its retooling was already under...
...Buffalo, Barcalo Manufacturing Co. made and marketed a combination screw driver, screw cap wrench, punch opener, hammer, bottle opener, cutting edge and slot-to-make-a-can-pouring...
...crack in winter time. He had a large nose, deeply indentured cheeks, an exaggeratedly erect carriage. His walk was peculiar: legs stiff, knees high, feet thrown toward the outside and brought down hard on each heel-a modified civilian goose step. He usually wore high brown shoes of English make, white shirts with starched bosoms and cuffs. His voice (deep, resonant, deliberate) and demeanor were those of a parson...
...others? Do you think your reason is as distinguished as your imagination? Believe me, Zelide, it is not. Believe me and endeavor to improve. . . ." (She rejected him.) Field Marshal Gebhard von Bliicher to one Frau von S. (1795): "I can't enter upon any marriage which does not make provision for my old age and for the welfare of my children. ... I am aware, dear lady, that you are the possessor of a considerable income. . . ." The Duke of Sussex, son of George III, to Lady Augusta Murray (1820): ". . . By all that is holy, till I am married I will...