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Word: provisos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with its expanding peacetime chemical business, and still smarting from the raking it took in 1934 in the Nye munitions investigation, Du Pont has shied away from powder-making for World War II. Hence the Allies' announcement of their new plant last week carried a careful proviso: while Du Pont will oversee both construction and operation of Tennessee Powder Co., it will have no part in its profits, will take only a management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR FRONT: Memphis Powder Mill | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

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