Word: diverts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...left. The "broadened" Warsaw Government was still dominated by Russia through Polish Communists and fellow travelers. Last week the election promise was deferred. Premier Edward Osubka-Morawski announced that he, personally, would like to see an election soon, but "until harvesting, repatriation and resettlement are finished, we must not divert attention from these basic tasks." Since repatriation and resettlement involve several million people, the Polish election was in effect indefinitely postponed...
...postpone his plan to increase the meat supply by raising beef and pork subsidies, which would encourage the farmers to raise more cattle and hogs. He may also be forced to 1) ban the use of grains after Aug. 1 for the production of alcohol for beverages, 2) divert more wheat for animal feed...
...decided that there was no longer any need for a Supreme Commander in the Pacific. Army and Navy forces can now agree on objectives. The Jap fleet, hacked to pieces in three historic days off the Philippines last October, mortally hurt last week, will never again be able to divert the Navy from close support of amphibious landings. The Navy has virtually completed its main and traditional task-to seek out the enemy's fleet and destroy it. For husky, white-haired Chester Nimitz the rest of the job is mostly ferrying the Army and Marines to the beaches...
...this time, OPA is backed by WPB, whose potent weapon is its power to allocate cloth. WPB is ready to divert materials to manufacturers who will agree to turn out cheap clothing. They have already allocated 40,000,000 yards to make the infants' and children's clothes called for under the OPA plan...
Chief problem: to drain Steep Rock Lake, which is fed by the Seine River. It was first necessary to lower the level of nearby Finlayson Lake 57 ft., then divert the Seine into it. Dams were built, canals and tunnels cut. Once the Seine was diverted, 14 mammoth barge-mounted pumps began sucking 125 billion gallons of water out of Steep Rock Lake itself...