Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Germans saw their predicament and tried to withdraw from the trap but it was too late," he related...
...good, But there is a well-circulated rumor to the effect that before the present Congress adjourns for the summer, it will withdraw federal funds from the W.P.A. unit, thereby placing the burden of support almost entirely upon the shoulders of the local District government. There are many who believe that such projects as the one now being considered are local affairs and should be continued or discarded according to the limits of the local budget. This notion, however, must remain a point for further discussion. What is more important is the fact that while a ten million dollar building...
Asked to express himself on the closed shop at the annual Bosses' Dinner of the Chicago Junior Association of Commerce, C. I. O. Organizer Van A. Bittner quipped: "I thought all that was settled between 1861 and 1865. Some of the States wanted to withdraw from the Union and a lot of Northerners got killed keeping them in the Union...
Having moved his troops in, Governor Phillips did go to court, got a temporary injunction against the dam's completion. If the court makes his injunction permanent, said he, he will withdraw his soldiers. If not, he "will keep the troops on hand until the PWA puts the money on the line...
...Ireland, dispatch a considerable military force or negotiate. They chose negotiation. A truce was called and de Valera sent five men to London to talk peace. They signed late that year a treaty establishing dominion status for Ireland, but permitting the six predominantly Protestant northern counties to withdraw...