Word: dependence
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Secretary Anthony Eden quietly told the House of Commons that Great Britain and Russia had signed a 20-year alliance, for war and for peace. It was the first post-war treaty of World War II, and, as such, would write future history. The nature of that history would depend on the present sincerity and the future wisdom of the two nations which signed...
...every purchase of motor fuel must be accompanied by an exchange of coupons. Total sales for each station could then be easily checked against the number of coupons clipped. Some such arrangement, if adopted, would mean that New England's chances of having gas next fall need not depend on the activities of petty racketeers...
This June and July will be the crucial months for the Russiaus, and thus for all the nations that depend on Russian success. If Russian resistance is firm Hitler may have to decide whether to retreat or immobilize the front, he said, and it was precisely to prevent such trench warfare that the Rusisaus waged offensive warfare last winter when they attacked all along the extended front, and constantly harried the German troops...
...Class 3-A (covering 18,000,000 to 20,000,000 men of the 26,500,000 registered under the first three drafts) will still be the classification of registrants "upon whose earnings one or more persons depend for support in a reasonable manner," but only those engaged in nonessential production. A newly formed Class 3-B covers men with dependents who are considered essential to war production or to the war effort generally...
...other hand, if such an overall rule were sanctioned Harvard Square florists would suffer a major blow, since they depend upon college trade more than any other block of customers. For many of the flower shops, Harvard business makes the difference between profit and loss. It seems only fair that no blanket ban should be imposed against their goods, for it is really up to an individual to decide whether he can buy or not. And as far as a luxury goes, it is no more than a few movies. The idea of buying defense stamps as an alternative...