Word: foregoing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...after the Government's defeat he stomped into the House, demanded a general vote of confidence. He would not leave Mrs. Cazalet Keir's amendment on the books; members would have to forego pride and reverse themselves if they wanted him to stay in office. Harshly he spoke: "At this very serious time in the progress of the war, there must be no doubt or question of the support the Government enjoys...
Basic idea of the plan is to forego 1942 taxes in favor of the collection of 1943 taxes during the coming year, so that the faxpayer will not have to pay for his income of the previous year which may have been much higher or lower than his earnings at the time his tax return...
...curtail rail travel, big-league baseball last week agreed to forego its southern training season-a practice that dates back to 1886 when fabulous Pop Anson took his Chicago .White Stockings to Hot Springs, Ark. for a tonic. This year's unkinking must be done north of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Mississippi (with the exception of St. Louis' two clubs, which may train anywhere in Missouri...
...sized edition of Funk and Wagnalls into every argument at home plate. The Dodgers' educational standards will thus be lowered to an unheard-of extreme; it will be like throwing a Ted Lyons curve ball to a rookie straight from Andalusia of the Georgia-Florida League. Unless the Dodgers forego this unholy alliance, their rakish diamond tactics may soon be Whiffenpoofed to a grey-flannel sophistication...
...wife, parents or other nearest kin of a U.S. soldier killed in action. So far in World War II, General Marshall has written such a letter to the family of every man who died in army khaki. Soon the dead will be too many, and he will have to forego his act of grace...