Word: allowance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nazis in the Woodpile. The Allies can thank Sweden for the cold-blooded wisdom of refusing to allow British and French troops transit to the Finnish-Russian front in 1940. Had that been allowed, the alignment of Russia on the side of the Allies might never have occurred. Now the Swedes quibble ever absolute neutrality by insisting that troops moving between Norway and Germany carry no arms...
Next day, in a soft voice and broken accent, Eduard Benes addressed the two Houses of Congress, recalled for his listeners Bismarck's once-famed phrase: "Whoever is master of Bohemia is master of Europe." Added the Czech President: "Europe must, therefore, never allow any nation except the Czechs to rule it [Bohemia], since that nation does not lust for domination...
City dwellers supplement their rations as they can: cats have almost entirely disappeared; Bordeaux has lost most of its famous pigeons and severe penalties have been decreed for pigeon-snatching. Peasants have more to eat, often allow crops to rot in the fields rather than deliver them for shipment to Germany...
...looking forward to the arrival of a U.S. Lend-Lease observer, whose job will be to stimulate trade with Ethiopia, and to find out what Ethiopia can contribute to the Allied war effort. The U.S. representative will find the Emperor adamant on one point: he is determined not to allow foreign economic penetration or ownership that might further cloud Ethiopia's sovereignty...
...present bolder and less negative plans in this time of crisis they will not contribute much to the prosecution of this war. If America is to proceed under the best leadership to be found, the people must not be forced to decide the next election on political prejudice. To allow them to make a reasonable choice they must have the pick of at least two men of sufficient acumen and stature, during a term that will probably find America fighting in war and peace...