Word: dependence
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vice chairman, National Defense Mediation Board] as saying, "When you pass compulsory legislation you make the workingman a slave, and there is no use producing defense materials for a nation of slaves, because if there is anything certain in history, it is that a national establishment which has to depend on slaves to produce its materials is inevitably destroyed...
...Russia's overland aid to China stops as a result of the Russo-Japanese Pact, China's resistance will depend more than ever on the aid that the U.S. can ship across the Pacific. Last week Secretary Hull (who had previously minimized the Russo-Japanese Pact) let it be known that U.S.-Russian talks were getting nowhere, hinted at an end to attempts to appease Russia. Next day he talked with Lord Halifax and Australian Minister Richard Casey. Probable subject: U.S. use of Singapore-without which, in the event of war, U.S. communication with China...
...most effective answer would be the counter-manoeuvre of our own armoured forces. In such a mobile operation between modern 'ships of the desert much might depend on which side could bring into action the more powerful battle tanks...
...President Edward L. Shea said in announcing North American's decision, the price it gets for its holdings will depend on how soon SEC makes him sell out, on what kind of market exists during this period, on how closely SEC regulates his liquidating sales. But there is no question that the company has plenty of value. It is the richest of the big utility systems. It is also one of the few with sizable earnings for its common stock ($1.92 a share in 1930). Its holdings (like Detroit Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric) are among the best...
Many a pilot has known the rump-tightening sensation that comes when an engine quits on a takeoff. No pilot ever liked the feeling. For from that point on the lives of pilot and passengers depend on his cool skill and on lots of luck. Unless there is a good open field ahead, the chances are heavy for a bad crash...