Word: lags
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...corner. When they sat down again, six had new chairs, there were two new players, and one was out of the game. In new chairs were: > Dapper, round-bellied Sir Kingsley ("Cherub") Wood, 58, who as Air Secretary had been more & more criticized for letting Britain continue to lag behind Germany in production of planes and training of pilots. Both press and House of Commons have been down on him for his secrecy about R. A. F. exploits. Into the very small chair of Lord Privy Seal, a sinecure, went Sir Kingsley...
Later, three more Soviet tankers arrived at Constantsa, and their cargo was unloaded and temporarily stored in tanks provided by the Rumanian Government. This was one way the Rumanians had of pacifying a German Government sorely irked by the lag in Rumanian oil deliveries. But nothing like enough tank cars were available in Constantsa last week to transport the oil on to Germany, and the fact that it was being stored brought out a major secret: Soviet sabotage has rendered almost useless the most direct rail line from Rumania to Germany, which runs for 191 miles through the part...
...boardmen will be competing in faster company than any they have met this year. When three flashy New York two mile relay teams burned up the track and left the Crimson men only cinders to run on a lap in the lag at the BAA meet, Harvard got a preview of the show that will unfold this weekend...