Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Following the governmental announcement suspending all flying licenses last Monday, the Civil Aeronautics Authority at Pierce Hall yesterday received an official bulletin imposing the following conditions on all C.A.A. students who wish to regain permission...
...that would have allowed anyone held by the Home Secretary to appeal to an "independent tribunal." Defending 18B, Home Secretary Herbert Morrison said: "Unpleasant as this regulation is, obnoxious as it is to British tradition, obnoxious as it is to me (I do not like this regulation; nobody would wish to maintain it just for the fun of the thing), it is vital to the security of the country in time...
...most irregular careers, he had left the service for physical disability after the war, rehabilitated himself, enlisted as a private. By last week, after twelve years' enlisted service, he was a 60-year-old sergeant, ready to retire. Said he, after a parade in his honor: "I wish I was 30 years younger and starting this all over again...
...last year. But they have been stocking new cars so fast that their inventories are over 300,000 units, a new high for the season. They did this in expectation of a terrific spring demand-a market in which they might get prices above list. Hence OPA's wish to confer with them about a ceiling this week...
...Fish glue is used in sizing and general repair work. Nobody quite knows what sizing is. When people are asked if they wish to have some sizing done, they generally say yes. And it goes on the bill...