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Word: provisioners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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In many war tasks, Army and Navy forces must work together (as the British tragically learned in Crete, where their land, naval and air units seemed to be fighting three separate wars). The U.S. Army and Navy as yet have no satisfactory provision for coordinated command and joint staff work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Men for the Tasks | 7/7/1941 | See Source »

Everyone remembered Secretary Ickes' startling (even for him) charge at the committee hearings: "When the story of this war comes to be written, if it has to be written that it was lost, it may be because of the recalcitrance of the Aluminum Company of America." Grave looks became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Famine in Aluminum | 7/7/1941 | See Source »

Specifically, the President protested three violations of international law in the Robin Moor incident: 1) "The submarine did not display its flag," nor did the commander announce its nationality; 2) the ship was sunk "without provision for the safety of the passengers and crew"; 3) it was sunk "despite the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: We Are Not Yielding ... | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

Labor's good friend Franklin Roosevelt had already used armed troops against labor (TIME. June 16). For future action, if necessary, he indicated that he wanted a Congress-made club, and Congress was more than ready to oblige him. The Senate passed the Connally amendment to the draft act...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Terrible Week | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

This ingenious scheme would nullify the provision of international law which limits the stay of belligerent warships in a neutral port to 24 hours. It would enable the U.S. to use Uruguayan ports and airfields as first-line refueling and supply bases. All that remained was for Dr. Ruiz and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Solidarity Crosses Capricorn | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

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