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Word: loosening (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Something or someone has persuaded the Russian Government to loosen up, let the Russian people know more about their allies' part in the war. Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: That They May Know | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

...coincidence that placed Admiral Darlan in Algiers on the day of the invasion also threw him into the Allied camp. Six weeks later, when a young Frenchman shot him down, he was inextricably involved in the Allies' North African position. Not one move had been made to loosen his hold, or to loosen the ties that bound the U.S. Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Retreat from Greatness | 3/29/1943 | See Source »

...Hotel Washington's basement ballroom (first stop) Eleanor Roosevelt strode to a thronelike seat on a small dais. Energetically, the orchestra played the national anthem. That over, the roped-off audience fell into a stiff, embarrassed silence. Eleanor Roosevelt tried to loosen things by suggesting "we all sing something together." But that was not on the program; no one knew what cue to take. Before a song could be organized, the First Lady was away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: My Evening | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

...Africa and were about to seize it. If so, the Allies were aiming at a point of constant threat to the mid-atlantic, to Brazil (1,800 miles away) and to vital ports of entry in mid-Africa. But Allied action at Dakar could scarcely relieve Russia or even loosen the German hold on the Mediterranean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STRATEGY: Give Us a Sign | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

...Elmer Davis had decided that he had a new boss: he was no longer working directly for the U.S. people but for the U.S. Government. He was not going to exert the authority which he had (under the Executive Order which created his job) to make the Army & Navy loosen up on information. He did not choose to fight for it. But he had made the services admit his right to consult with them about news releases. And already he had showed that he could get something from them that way. The question was: Could he get enough to satisfy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: White-Topped & Even-Tempered | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

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