Word: semi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Winston Churchill went on to claim for Britain 4,000,000 men in uniform and under arms. This included the semi-civilian Home Guard (almost 2,000,000). (The British estimate of Germans under arms is around 4,400,000 and the British do not deny that the Germans have more and better equipment.) Even though the British claim was good considering the disorganization after Dunkirk, Winston Churchill saw an increasing demand for man power. He said the Army and Air Force would have to set about "combing their tails in order to magnify their teeth"-would have...
Last week A. P. turned semi-pro by setting up a frankly profit-making subsidiary, Press Association, Inc., to sell A. P.'s services to nonmembers. Wholly owned by A. P., P. A. will be a member of the parent body, will not affect A. P.'s legal standing as a sportsmen's club...
...looks more like a concert violinist than most concert violinists do. To many a ruthless young mathematician, fiddling is the best thing Oldster Einstein does nowadays. In any event, he fiddles well enough to be heard in public. One sleety afternoon last week he made one of his rare semi-public concert appearances, in his adopted town, Princeton, N. J. Two things prompted gentle Dr. Einstein to brave reporters and photographers: he thought most of his audience would be children, whom he likes; the occasion was a benefit for the American Friends Service Committee's work for British refugee...
...radio chains. If he liked the old songs in their simple state, he was troubled to hear them blatted out in pseudo-swing as a substitute for new stuff. If he liked a bit of English on his tunes, he was irritated when they fed him overworked semi-pro corn...
...totalitarianism engulfs new areas and the Nazi myth of racial purity infects even those lands still free from German rule, the world is faced again with the problem of human derelicts. The United States, in accordance with her tradition and as the chief semi-neutral nation, has taken the lead in financing escapes and in finding new homes for the outcasts. But, generous as the financial response has been, American ignorance concerning these refugees has hampered aid programs and offered the Christian Front, the Klu Klux Klan, and the Bund a chance to strike a blow for the swastika here...