Word: stricting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Agonizing, clear to the U. S. people was the dilemma. Relief to occupied Europe, even under the strict U. S. supervision which Herbert Hoover planned, would help to preserve Europe under Hitler and in effect subsidize his conquests. If Great Britain falls, the problem will only be compounded. Then Mr. Cudahy will not have to "present the reality of dealing with force as the only power." The reality will be pictures of bloated babies, of hungry women, and of Adolf Hitler, expecting to fatten one way or another on the largess of the U. S. people...
...might say I am almost destitute," said he. "What is the use of having money if you cannot get it? With strict economy we have enough to live on for a year, but there can be no extravagance. We are nothing but refugees, like millions of others. We must be thankful that we are still alive...
...strategic: railroad to Addis Ababa. But even without above-ground leadership, the Islamic followers of the late Lij Yasu can cause plenty of trouble, and somewhere in the northeast hills is Haile Selassie's ablest oldtime; general of all: Abebe Arragia, who learned! soldiering at France's strict Academy of; St. Cyr, who speaks Italian as well as French, prefers European clothes and weapons, but knows also bitter, native-style fighting...
...governing body of all motorboat races), is run according to strict rules, draws crowds of 100,000 or more to watch the winner get the checkered flag...
...airmen are chosen from students (and a few nonstudents) aged 18 to 26. Girls are limited to 3% of each class. All pass a strict physical examination, and applicants under 21 must have their parents' consent. Students finishing the first installment of flying instruction have from 35 to 50 hours in the air, get a special Civilian Pilot Training certificate which licenses them to fly their own planes. This summer 1,000 promising students will be given $750 worth of secondary instruction. CAB also gives refresher courses to its primary instructors, and to rusty private and commercial pilots...