Word: due
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year-old Chamorro told a story that had all the melodrama of an oldtime cowboy-and-Indian two-reeler. The better-looking girls, she said, had to take turns going to the Jap officers' camp to cook-and "for other things." Her turn was due, she said, "the day the Americans came-just in time...
Last week the balance of political power in Italy suddenly swung to the Left. This was due not so much to Italy's difficulties, although since the fall of Mussolini lire circulation has doubled, the Italian national debt quadrupled (according to the British Ministry of Economic Warfare). It is due mainly to the passage of time which has given the muddied political waters of invaded Italy a chance to clarify. From political confusion some political groups began to settle...
...Separation. In 1919 the doughboy got the money due him and a railroad ticket home. What happened after that was his lookout. What happens after this war will also be his lookout but the Army is going to give him a better start. Last time, the jobless were back, demanding help. This time the Government hopes that it will not have to call out the cops to disperse "betrayed" veterans...
...Carloadings for the first week were 2% higher than last August, mainly due to heavy shipments of grain and livestock, and a high volume of export traffic...
Harvard students will receive a minimum two weeks break between terms this fall, with V-12 men off from the end of the examination period on October 21 to November 5, a Sunday. Civilians are due for 15 days of free time, from October 21 to November 6, on which day they will return and register for the winter tri-mester. These figures are a minimum, and do not include extra time offered by early examination schedules...