Word: correctible
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nothing to do with the nationwide campaign sweeping British golf clubs last week to have all golfers carry rifles in their bags, shoot Nazi parachuteers on sight. "Many of our readers, particularly those living in the shires," said the London Times, "have already written to ask what is the correct method of dealing with these missionaries of Hitlerism dropping from the sky. . . . It would not be correct for country gentlemen to carry their guns with them on their walks and take flying or running shots as opportunity is offered. . . . Such action would put them into the position of francs-tireurs...
...home and look up the correct answers.' Then you can decide who will get the sock...
...pointed out that three conditions are absolutely necessary for adjusting the boundaries in any peace settlement The first is economic, as there is an urgent need for more free trade and currency areas and customs unions. A second prerequisite is military strategy, to correct the mistakes of 1919. As a third dictate he chose air power, which is of special importance to the small states. "The nervous tension of awaiting possible bombers would be almost impossible for large states, and it would certainly be out of the question for the small advereignties," he explained...
BLONDIE ON A BUDGET: The Blondie series is a classic of Americana, ringing absolutely the correct not in its portrayal of everyday citizens. The films are all about the same, and all good. Sometimes the plots are too ambitious, involving the elaborate business deals of J.C. Dithers, Dagwood's boss, with Blondie always saving the day. That is the main trouble with this installment. But in the treatment of detail and atmosphere, it is like all the rest, superb. Art critics seeking modern American genre are missing a promising field if they do not consider this unpretentious product of Hollywood...
...TIME'S figures were correct but badly stated-Denmark produced one-half of the bacon, one-quarter of the butter, eggs in international trade. As to self-sufficiency: in 1936, a typical year, only about 13% of Danish grain and fodder was imported-which is not to minimize Germany's future troubles in supplying that quantity. Authorities: Statesman's Year-Book, League of Nations Statistical Year-Book 1938-39, The Northern Countries in World Economy and Denmark 1937 (both official publications...