Word: allowance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reason he revised it downward was that it did not allow for civilian rationing, such as the preliminary 20% cut in auto production already imposed. But "civilian" needs include many essential auxiliary defense products such as trucks, oil and railroad equipment, defense housing...
...when the boys got in trouble with the outside authorities that General Apted really took on the guise of a friend in need. A word from him and the Cambridge cops would free a luckless inebriate from the Central Square jail and allow him to proceed to his dormitory. With police forces for miles around "Charlie's" word was as good as bail...
Arrange fish in mold. Strain broth and cook 10 minutes or until cooked down enough to just cover fish. Measure broth and allow ½ tbsp. gelatin for each two cups of liquid. Soften gelatin in cold water 5 minutes, dissolve in hot broth, pour over fish and chill until firm. Serve with sauce...
...long did the British allow themselves the luxury of pleasant surprise. They chased the counter-raiders with an energetic counter-counter-raid, right through Hellfire Pass, out of Salûm, all the way to Fort Capuzzo, across the border in Libya. They took 500 German prisoners, but they knew they could not follow through. Sir Archibald was not quite ready. They in turn turned around. The Germans counter-counter-counter-attacked and retook Salûm and the pass which had earned its nickname...
Such a policy would allow Japan to pull many troops out of China altogether and push them toward the coveted Indies. Ja pan's southward push continued hard on the economic front, with the signing in Tokyo of a trade treaty with French Indo-China. It clearly suggested Japan's idea of a New Order in Asia...