Word: allowance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This drastic scheme did not mean that Germany would be a goat pasture, with no industry whatsoever. The commissioners proposed to allow Germany the minimum absolutely necessary to sustain a workable German economy...
...will be a fine world when we all allow the other fellow to have his own mannerisms and when we observe his differences from ourselves with interest instead of with resentment. The war has certainly proved beyond question that there are splendid qualities in both English and Americans and that those qualities extend themselves in both countries throughout all types, kinds and classifications of people...
Lord Wavell waited quietly while the endless corridor conferences proceeded. He had come far, he had no intention of jeopardizing the success of his mission now. The Congress leaders were willing to take office. The Moslem League would scarcely allow itself to be squeezed out of India's new government by the Congress ministers and nonLeague Moslems. This week, when the Simla conference convenes again, the prospects for settlement are bright...
Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, spiritual head of Canadian Catholics, sounded a seasonal warning to sun worshipers: "Christian decency does not allow the wearing of shorts, even at amusement centers...
...technical for the public to understand. The first, by Ohio's arch-conservative Robert Alphonso Taft, would guarantee to manufacturers and processors the same dollar margin over costs (i.e., profit) they received in 1941. The second, by Oklahoma's silver-haired Elmer Thomas, would allow processors of farm commodities to profit on virtually every single item instead of just on overall operations, as now prescribed by OPA's pricing policies...