Word: rife
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Profiteering, political apathy . . . distrust of the Americans and lack of faith in an ultimate United Nations victory are rife in French Morocco, where the political and economic situation parallels that of Algeria, but is intensified by the dictatorial character of Resident General Auguste Nogues' regime. . . . French Morocco is a confused, dizzy country, where the American flag flies near concentration camps and French collaborationists form an inter-Allied club and mix freely with American officers...
...this startling sobriety: hard training makes hangovers all but unendurable; strict penalties for drunkenness (30 days in the guardhouse at Randolph Field); liquor curfew hours in some towns adjacent to camps; sale of 3.2 beer in camp canteens (in World War I camps were bone dry and bootlegging was rife...
...their drills, which are usually held in the evenings, the Auxiliary Police are trained in marching rife formations, the technique of making an arrest, and elementary first aid. Military drill instills the sense of cohesion in the unit and gives the police the same advantage in riots that a regiment of regulars has against untrained men in warfare...
Under two of Franklin Roosevelt's pet agencies-the Budget Bureau and National Resources Planning Board-Congress lit a slow fire. A Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, headed by Millard E. Tydings of Maryland, reported that the agencies were rife with "ideologies and theories looking forward to greater Governmental expenditures and greater deficits during the post-war period." Said the subcommittee: "Such controversial matters (better termed 'propaganda') should not be sponsored at public expense...
Beginning next week, the CRIMSON will carry a series of articles analyzing rumors and propaganda which have been rife around the University during the past few weeks. The articles will be written by Robert H. Knapp 2G., teaching fellow in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Division of Propaganda Research of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety...