Word: vouch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mission, how they studied huge maps, absorbed repeated instructions, took unusual risks in daylight, all to avoid as far as possible the damaging of religious and cultural buildings. Many of the airmen-as many as possible-were Catholics and aboard their planes were seven U.S. and British correspondents to vouch for the meticulous care with which the bombs were aimed...
...captured. For their theoretical protection and reward the Army started last week to confer citizenship on men in the European Theater. Requirements: a soldier must i) be serving honorably in the armed forces; 2) have lawfully entered the U.S. beforehand; 3) produce two uniformed citizens, officers or noncoms, to vouch...
Although our answer ("TIME says so!") may sound arbitrary, it is not intended to be-for when an outside expert or public figure is willing to let us quote him as authority, we are only too glad to do it. But when we cannot find authorities willing to vouch for essential facts our editors feel they should go on record...
...more in keeping with the times. In any case, "Away We Go" is an operetta, pure and simple, at its best, witty and charming, and at its worst, prime for a severe blue-pencilling. Not knowing Lynn Riggs' "Green Grow the Lilacs," the basis of the libretto, one cannot vouch for the faithfulness of the adaptation, only for its unevenness and absurdity...
Perhaps in the end we can align ourselves with the Washington admiral who told the press that he agreed with Colonel Kernan's title but couldn't vouch for the validity of all his theories. The only difference is that the admiral hadn't read the book...