Word: allowance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Snapped Sir Walter Citrine: "We are all suffering from some degree of war strain and we must allow for Ministers becoming hypersensitive of criticism in such circumstances. The Government is fortunate in having the undivided support of the Trade Union movement in its war policy, but that does not mean we have surrendered our independence of judgment or our right to criticize, and we have not the slightest intention of doing...
...reason for recommending separate consideration of the sections is that he knows many isolationists are willing to allow the arming of merchant ships while keeping them in restricted waters. By splitting the sections he is certain to get the repeal of Section 6 and the main round of the fight will not come until Section 2 is put in the ring...
Plans have finally been completed with the five western colleges to guarantee a certain percentage of the gate receipts so that the journey can be paid for without any aid from the H.A.A. Present plans will allow about 14 men to make the trip including the coach, manager, and 12 players...
...great obstacle to Adolf Hitler's objectives (Odessa, Sevastopol, the great Caucasian oilfields) is the mine-strewn Dardanelles, whose reduction by capture or persuasion would allow Axis warships to enter the Black Sea and attack the Russian Navy. Bulgaria's threat was as much against Turkey as it was against Russia directly...
Vital to the defense of Russia is her Black Sea Fleet, which has played a part in the defense of Odessa and dominates the rest of the Sea. Last week Turkey stoutly refused to allow Italian ships to pass through the Dardanelles, and the Black Sea was still a Russian lake. But Russia was obviously worried...