Word: leeway
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Leeway factors to this rule are allowed to cover particular hardship cases. The order does not become effective until the second quarter which means that most overstocked merchants will have a chance to balance inventories without costly dumping. With this flexibility, the trade believes that it has one of the fairest orders to come out of Washington...
...problem of the soldiers sent back to college for further training took up a large part of the evening. Recognizing the fact that the army will not probably allow the colleges much leeway in the matter of subject material, the forum discussed the form that the subject might take, considering as a distinct possibility a super-synthesis of the best that any one field could offer
...There is no desire on the part of the Army or Navy to dictate what you must do," Joseph W. Barker, assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, told the educators, "We are hoping to give you maximum leeway in the presentation of material and as much academic freedom as possible...
Lanky, soft-spoken Kenneth Galbraith, Henderson's price man, says he has not worked out the actual formula. The idea is to narrow margins a trifle, but still allow wholesalers and retailers enough leeway to stay in business after meeting the increase in replacement costs since March. Some prices will rise sharply, others will remain unchanged. OPA estimated that the new formula would not up over-all food bills more than...
Drugstores, already working under fair-trade prices high enough for profit, have suffered least from ceiling pressure-one big chain (United-Whelan) is even planning a "ceiling-prices-smashed!" sale. Department and drygoods stores have enough leeway in fashion merchandise and "soft" goods to let them maintain the traditional competitive-price selling which keeps the words "sale" and "reduced" in the ads. In most retailing, however, the bargain counter is blacked-out for the duration; the ceiling price has become the selling price...