Word: dependence
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Today the Maritime Commission has another, war-born job. It has to build another bridge of ships to carry arms and food from the arsenal of democracy to the battle fronts. The scope of that task no man can foresee. Its length and breadth depend upon how much battering the British can still take, how much shipping the Germans can sink, how fast U. S. shipyards can turn out bottoms to re place them. All the Commission is concerned with is to turn out ships, ships and more ships, and turn them out fast. The U. S. Navy...
...board was instructed to: 1) try to negotiate agreements; 2) "afford means for voluntary arbitration"; 3) make public "findings of fact." The only lash the board had with which to drive stubborn parties into a settlement was publicity. Its best chance of making a good record seemed to depend on the calibre of its members. Most observers applauded Mr. Roosevelt's selections...
There are three standard chemical tests for diagnosing early pregnancy. All depend on the fact that the urine of gravid women contains hormones which affect certain animals when the urine is injected into them. All these tests are about 98% accurate...
...concerned, probably the most important consideration is which one has the best chance of accomodating you. Go up to the House Secretary in University Hall and see which have the most vacant rooms of the type and price you want. And don't forget that a great deal may depend on your second choice as well as your first...
Prospects for the trip, however, depend upon the completion of a satisfactory schedule. Unless a suitable five-game schedule can be planned, the trip may fall through...