Word: assets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...British began using jeeps in Africa, no foreign army had anything quite like it. But, in war or peace, the jeep appears to have a long future ahead of it as a stouter resurrection of the old flivver. Some agricultural experts expect the jeep to be an invaluable asset to the farmer, and many a soldier is firmly determined to get one after the war, for his personal...
English A1: "The ability to polish the apple is a great asset...
Peck speaks no Thai, and his China lore will be no asset to him in Thailand. The Thai people love the Chinese about the way a County Cork Irishman loves the British. Like the Irish, Thailanders are not impressed by the bold, underdog fight their neighbors are putting up against the Axis...
...self-sufficient as to food. War damage would make export surpluses highly un likely. Hitler could scarcely afford to steal important quantities of food from the peasants responsible for succeeding crops. As a long-term investment, handled with German efficiency, Russia's "great granaries" might prove a mighty asset, but the immediate profit would undoubtedly be quite small...
Plans for getting "the most comprehensive and accurate picture of all foreign-owned property in the United States" were announced by the U.S. Treasury last week. The President ordered the picture taken when he froze the U.S. assets of all Europe (TIME, June 23) and it was to include the assets of every nation, from Abyssinia to Yugoslavia-every conceivable asset worth over $1,000,* from stocks and bonds and bank accounts to antique furniture and "several head of cattle." It was to include every foreign-owned or controlled asset, frozen or free, that is physically...