Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...voters this year he must do it in such a way that the citizenry will not resent the maneuver as capitalizing on their patriotism. As a man of conscience he cannot use the war to win an election; as a statesman, he might still have to in order to retain effective working control of the House...
...pulls his rip cord at once, he will probably suffocate in the thin-aired substratosphere during the first of the 24 minutes it takes him to float to earth. But if he holds his breath for 30 seconds and plummets a while before opening his parachute, he will retain consciousness...
...basis of this policy is that labor is entitled to retain its "peacetime" standards of purchasing power, and Jan. 1, 1941 is the magic date as of which that peacetime standard is to be figured...
...alleviate this situation each House Master is arranging to extend the capacity of the necessary number of rooms. Letters now being sent out ask the student to return a postcard stating how long he expects to retain his suite...
Lawyer Gandhi promptly recalled his past claims that only a free Indian people can be galvanized into action in a larger war for freedom. In his own crosspatch way he told off the Japanese: "Our offer to let the Allies retain troops in India," he explained in a manifesto, "is to prevent you from being misled into feeling that you have but to step into this country. If you cherish any such idea, we will not fail to resist you with all the might we can muster." But in the next breath he was threatening that "hidden discontent may burst...