Word: supplementation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...event of air raid, Auxiliaries will supplement the regular fire crews in their fight against blazing incendiary bombs. They are not called out only during enemy attacks, however, since volunteer firemen respond to all second alarm fires...
...month of July in which the army wanted three times the steel it was eventually forced to accept. Bitter haggling and excessive red tape has been the inevitable result. Moreover, delays and shortages have forced the adoption of an elaborate priorities system. Need for an AAA rating to supplement the AA rating which supplemented the original A-1 rating strikingly illustrates the inadequacy of the present situation...
...they will probably be 15-25% below the Treasury's fond $12-billion hope. And with war costs up to $5.5 billions monthly and still rising, even Henry Morgenthau weakened last month, admitted that to pay for the war and keep inflation under control the U.S. must "supplement the voluntary bond purchase program with . . . forced savings...
...have acquired will no doubt be associated with a certain one-time Hollywood publicity handbill. But the clever sparkling style of the youthful Dorothy Thompsons should overcome this handicap. Already subscriptions are pouring in which is clear enough evidence that few people recall the namesake of the Radcliffe News supplement...
There are still only two meals daily. They are generous meals, however, and a typical menu includes steak, beans, bread and butter with jam, canned peaches and coffee. The men supplement regular meals with coconuts and occasional local tangerines. There are no natives around to climb trees and get them coconuts, but high winds have solved this problem by breaking off tops of trees and bringing down a bonanza of nuts...