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...landed in a pear tree, a rather good shock absorber. But the trouble was I didn't filter on through to the ground; instead I dangled about three feet above ground unable to swing far enough to touch anything...
...prewar U.S. gunmakers, had a backlog of $30,000,000 in orders when war came. And stockholders remembered that in 1917 Colt had paid a fantastic $60 cash dividend, later tossing in a 100% stock dividend to boot. But in March 1944, Colt stockholders got another kind of shock. For the first time in 27 years, Colt paid no dividend. On April 20 came shock No. 2. Up to board chairman went Colt's ailing president, Samuel M. Stone, who had driven Colt with a tight rein for 22 years. To the presidency came Graham H. Anthony...
...cases where shock is very great, the injection of blood plasma alone is insufficient, since patients who have suffered severe injuries need 50 per cent plasma and 50 per cent whole blood. Until now, the lack of suitable equipment has made this practically impossible...
When the counting ended, the Taoiseach (Gaelic for Prime Minister; pronounced tee shock) and his Fianna Fail had a clear margin of 14 seats in the Dail instead of a deficit of four. Even if all other parties voted solidly against him, De Valera could win on any foreseeable issue. Now he had what he had demanded: power to match his responsibility...
Rise Ahead? Both markets withstood the first shock of Dday, just as both had tumbled at the Fall of France in 1940. But otherwise, each had its own unfathomable methods of deciding whether news was good or bad. Typically, while the Japs were lopping off the Malay States and Singapore in early 1942, the New York market tumbled. The London market declined, but rallied quickly. And percentag-wise, it has climbed far higher than has New York...