Word: divertible
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...Rubber Reserve Corp. asked whisky distillers to divert about 15% of their capacity to the production of industrial alcohol to be used in synthetic rubber plants. (No whisky shortage is feared; there are 542 million gallons net in warehouses, a record high...
...frenetic Scottish reel to give a seduction scene a surprisingly erotic effect. His trial sequence, neatly dovetailing flashbacks of testimony into the lawyers' summations, is a fresh, economical way to film courtroom action. Many a moviegoer may find Director Lean's storytelling entertaining enough to divert attention from the weaknesses of the story...
...Controls. There were other-and bigger-conflicts ahead. What would happen if Brannan wanted steel for farm machinery and the Munitions Board wanted the same steel for tanks? Or if Interior's Chapman refused to divert electric power to make aluminum Sawyer wanted? Under the law, the National Security Resources Board has power to referee interdepartmental squabbles, and NSRB Chairman Stuart Symington in effect speaks with the voice of the President. But since Cabinet members have the right of appeal from his orders, it seemed likely that most critical squabbles would land right in the lap of the President...
...take veteran soldiers out of fighting units to train UMTers would also cut down the U.S.'s combat effectiveness just when it was most needed. Johnson himself asked only for a "standby" program, pointing out that "we cannot divert officers and men . . at this time...
...Treasury also took a hand. It announced that savings banks, insurance companies, etc., can now buy up to $1,100,000 (only $100,000 previously) in series F and G Government bonds. By raising the quotas, the Treasury hopes to divert the bonds from commercial banks, where they can be used as the basis for more inflationary loans...