Word: default
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...latest formula for aiding Britain amounted to passive belligerence, rose only slightly at Mr. Cross's implied suggestion. One way to put the Axis and Axis-controlled ships into Britain's hands would be to raise port charges on them prohibitively, take over the ships on default, sell them to Mr. Cross...
...Lowell 45 Winthrop 10 Lowell 44 Dudley 11 Winthrop 19 Dudley 13 Squash--B League Dunster 3 Eliot 2 Kirkland 3 Winthrop 2 Adams 3 Lowell 2 Squash--D League Dunster 3 Eliot 2 Kirkland 3 Winthrop 2 Indoor Baseball Kirkland 8 Adams 7 (Adams beat Winthrop by default...
There is no need to default in this struggle simply because we are at war, the Godkin lecturer continued. "The American standard of living and national defense are not inconsistent but complementary." "We can have guns and butter too with out resources and organization." Without both, there can be no democratic morale...
...member of the U. S. Committee on Public Information (propaganda) in World War I. Since then he has ably publicized electricity, soap, refrigerators, sea food, written a book on propaganda, become a leading publicist. Three months ago, having concluded that democracy was in grave danger of going under by default, he decided to start a publicity campaign in its behalf. First broadside in his campaign was an article in Current History outlining a program for patriots. Last fortnight Mr. Bernays expanded the article into a book, Speak Up For Democracy (Viking...
...more destroyers, a deal to turn over to England a large proportion of the U. S. merchant marine, an assembly plant to turn out standardized ships for Britain in wholesale quantities, the repeal of the Neutrality Act, the repeal of the Johnson Act (prohibiting loans to govern ments in default on World War I debts). In official circles, outright repeal of the Johnson Act or a scheme for circumventing it was freely prophesied. The raid which gutted Coventry, one centre of the British aircraft industry, started speculation as to whether the President would change his "rule-of-thumb" by which...