Word: pinpricks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...feeling between official Panama and the U. S. Army has grown. One of President Arias' decrees is that all business with the Panamanian Government must be conducted in Spanish, which is a pinprick in the seat of the Army's breeches. Another pinprick was violent criticism by the Legislature of the U. S. Army for starting construction of an airport on private property which the Army intended to purchase. The Army's Commander, Major General Daniel Van Voorhis, was refused permission to sit in a pew of the British Legation at an Independence Day service in Panama...