Word: jumpish
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Politically the British Government was jumpish. The pacific Laborite Government in 1930 postponed for five years the completion of the great Singapore Naval Base as a "necessary economy" (TIME, Nov. 24, 1930). But last week, despite financial troubles, a new decision was taken to complete the base-presumably as a threat to make Japan behave. To this $45,000,000 enterprise, Australia, despite her equally great financial troubles, is glad to contribute...
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