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The Florida citrus crop is going to be one of the smallest crops since the 1940s, the Florida citrus crop's going to be even smaller than the production that occurred several years ago... when Hurricane Irma blew through Florida. – Judith Ganes	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That order, like its predecessors dating back to the 1940s, imposes both procedural and substantive requirements on what information can properly be classified -- and how. Suffice it to say,' because I said it' is not one of the appropriate criteria for classifying national security information. – Stephen Vladeck	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Having George there as sort of the spiritual leader of our production, I think made everyone feel like this was something special, that even though this is the story of the Japanese Americans in the 1940s, it is not exclusively a story for Japanese Americans. It's a story for anyone whose life has been shaped or touched by the immigrant experience, which quite frankly in this country is just about anyone. – Alexander Woo	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We'll actually see all these candidates on stage together, we'll have a historic number of minorities, we'll have veterans, people born in the 1940s all the way through the 1980s. It will be a very historic moment just to see that on the stage together. – White House	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The same arguments are used every time we expand who can serve, it affects unit cohesion, it is too costly, it is too disruptive. That was the argument used against integrating the armed forces in the 1940s. Those same arguments were used against recruiting large numbers of women in the'80s. The same arguments were used during the repeal of' don't ask, don't tell'. – Ray Mabus	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Today, we take high technology navigational aids for granted. In the 1940s, GPS did not exist. – Eire Markings	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Old sheet music back in the 1930s and 1940s used to have a notation printed across the top, it would say ‘vamp til ready.’. – Bob Slaughter	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The Employee Rights Act would hold union officials accountable to their members, not Democratic elites, the ERA would substantially update American labor law for the first time since the 1940s. The ERA would prevent union officials from spending dues dollars on political advocacy without prior member approval, protecting employees who may not support a left-wing political agenda. – Luka Ladan	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Many old people come here for free toilet paper. They were probably born in 1940s or 1950s, during that time, people were very poor. And they somehow still are in fear of being poor. Other migrant workers come here too. – Wu Qingqi	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I think any jokes about rape, homophobia or Hitler is not a joke, i think that was a hard thing swallow in 30 seconds. Film festivals are such a beautiful, respectful festivals of film and artists and to have that, it felt like it wouldn’t have happened if it was in the 1940s. I can’t imagine Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby going out and doing that. It was more disappointing for the artists in the room that someone was going up there making jokes about something that wasn’t funny. – Blake Lively	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
That's a really neat piece and it's like a time warp right back to the 1940s when Marilyn was just becoming famous. – Martin Nolan	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
In the 1940s a survey listed the top seven discipline problems in public schools talking, chewing gum, making noise, running in the halls, getting out of turn in line, wearing improper clothes, not putting paper in wastebaskets. A 1980s survey lists these top seven drug abuse, alcohol abuse, pregnancy, suicide, rape, robbery, assault. (Arson, gang warfare and venereal disease are also-rans.) – George Will	added by anonymous 14 years ago

The Florida citrus crop is going to be one of the smallest crops since the 1940s, the Florida citrus crop's going to be even smaller than the production that occurred several years ago... when Hurricane Irma blew through Florida.

– Judith Ganes

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That order, like its predecessors dating back to the 1940s, imposes both procedural and substantive requirements on what information can properly be classified -- and how. Suffice it to say,' because I said it' is not one of the appropriate criteria for classifying national security information.

– Stephen Vladeck

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Having George there as sort of the spiritual leader of our production, I think made everyone feel like this was something special, that even though this is the story of the Japanese Americans in the 1940s, it is not exclusively a story for Japanese Americans. It's a story for anyone whose life has been shaped or touched by the immigrant experience, which quite frankly in this country is just about anyone.

– Alexander Woo

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We'll actually see all these candidates on stage together, we'll have a historic number of minorities, we'll have veterans, people born in the 1940s all the way through the 1980s. It will be a very historic moment just to see that on the stage together.

– White House

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The same arguments are used every time we expand who can serve, it affects unit cohesion, it is too costly, it is too disruptive. That was the argument used against integrating the armed forces in the 1940s. Those same arguments were used against recruiting large numbers of women in the'80s. The same arguments were used during the repeal of' don't ask, don't tell'.

– Ray Mabus

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Today, we take high technology navigational aids for granted. In the 1940s, GPS did not exist.

– Eire Markings

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Old sheet music back in the 1930s and 1940s used to have a notation printed across the top, it would say ‘vamp til ready.’.

– Bob Slaughter

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The Employee Rights Act would hold union officials accountable to their members, not Democratic elites, the ERA would substantially update American labor law for the first time since the 1940s. The ERA would prevent union officials from spending dues dollars on political advocacy without prior member approval, protecting employees who may not support a left-wing political agenda.

– Luka Ladan

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Many old people come here for free toilet paper. They were probably born in 1940s or 1950s, during that time, people were very poor. And they somehow still are in fear of being poor. Other migrant workers come here too.

– Wu Qingqi

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I think any jokes about rape, homophobia or Hitler is not a joke, i think that was a hard thing swallow in 30 seconds. Film festivals are such a beautiful, respectful festivals of film and artists and to have that, it felt like it wouldn’t have happened if it was in the 1940s. I can’t imagine Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby going out and doing that. It was more disappointing for the artists in the room that someone was going up there making jokes about something that wasn’t funny.

– Blake Lively

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

That's a really neat piece and it's like a time warp right back to the 1940s when Marilyn was just becoming famous.

– Martin Nolan

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

In the 1940s a survey listed the top seven discipline problems in public schools talking, chewing gum, making noise, running in the halls, getting out of turn in line, wearing improper clothes, not putting paper in wastebaskets. A 1980s survey lists these top seven drug abuse, alcohol abuse, pregnancy, suicide, rape, robbery, assault. (Arson, gang warfare and venereal disease are also-rans.)

– George Will

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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