Word: canceling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...resources. We spent on the two items of munitions and foodstuffs alone more than the $4,000,000,000 we borrowed from the United States" [i. e. the U. S. loans to Britain were shot up and eaten in the "Common Cause," and "ought" (in British eyes) to be canceled at least in part by the U. S.] Straightway the U. S. Treasury Department, through Assistant Secretary Garrard Winston, gave back the lie with delicate irony to Chancellor Churchill, pointed out that almost $2,000,000,000 of the "munitions and foodstuffs" alluded to were bought by Britain as purchasing...
...think you'd better cancel it," said the Senator sharply...
Much as I would like to see TIME produced by organized labor, I do not expect you to change your policy because of the criticism of one or of a thousand subscribers. . . . In view of the circumstances, however, I am asking you to cancel my subscription to TIME. Please submit a bill for the amount due you, and I will send a check by return mail...
...England's King cancel a special train...
...other "demonstrations" against Royalty were reported, and the King's most widely bruited act was to cancel the two "Courts" which were to have inaugurated the "London season" in a few days. Numerous wives of potent U. S. magnates expressed vexation as they laid away court finery...