Word: token
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Students in the Army and Navy Training Schools and the Radcliffe WAVES Supply School will participate in the rites as they receive token certificates for their study. Representatives of the different service schools will receive the awards from their commanding officers, among whom are Rear-Admiral Robert A. Theobald, Commander of the First Naval District, and Major-General Sherman Miles, Commandant of the First Service Command...
...discussion of reasons for such a gift, he said, "This outdoor spot, in the heart of the city, has been created in our darkest hours of war so that children may grow up to be better men and women in a better world. It is a living token of that hope and of that faith which we so sorely need today...
What a strange mixture of surprise and satisfaction we felt on seeing the words "OFFICERS TYPE" boldly printed on the paper wrappings the blankets came in. "That's right," we said, "we ARE officers now, aren't we?" and were grateful for that token of recognition...
...amounts of national currencies. If, for instance, the U.S. then exported more goods to England than England sold to the U.S. (and if other transactions did not affect the balance) the bank would find its supply of English pounds diminishing, its supply of American dollars increasing. By the same token England's credit in bancors would be going down, and the U.S. credit in bancors would be increasing...
Will the Bolshevist armies occupy at least a part of Germany before the Western Allies get to Berlin? Will they not want to set up a Communist regime in Germany? Possibly Stalin might occupy East Prussia as a token of victory and a pledge in hand that Germany would fulfill the armistice conditions to be imposed upon her. But, all things considered, it does not seem likely that Stalin will want to Bolshevize Germany or take an exclusive or even leading part in ruling her in the post-war period...