Word: due
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...largely due to Marjolin's energy, patience, faith and quiet charm that OEEC passed an important milestone-apportionment of U.S. aid among the European nations (TIME, Sept. 20). When Averell Harriman heard of it, he called Marjolin on the telephone and blurted, "Bob, you've done a wonderful job." Britain's Sir Stafford Cripps expressed the same sentiment in a letter...
...enough to say that he does not expect Europe to be able to paddle its canoe by 1952, the year in which Marshall Plan aid is scheduled to end. Production in Europe is now almost as high as before the war, but Europe's plight is not solely due to the havoc of two wars and the fear of a third. It is partly due to a shift of economic forces (against Europe) which has been going on since the 19th Century...
...months Juan Perón's secretary, Spanish-born José Figuerola, had toiled in secret over the President's proposals for revising the battered Argentine constitution of 1853. Even the staunchest Peronistas had no inkling of the changes due...
From these, long-accepted opinions many modern physicians dissent. Manhattan Allergist Joseph Harkavy of Mt. Sinai Hospital goes a step farther. Gout is not necessarily due to rich food & drink, he thinks; it may be due to something that gets into noses as well as into gullets...
...quality of the writing. The sort of English that characterizes most examinations ought to make even the most hard-bitten English A instructors shriek with shame. The time pressure inherent in the examination system causes a good bit of the poor writing, but at least some of it is due to carelessness. Authors of flagrant examples of careless writing--grotesque grammar, bizarre vocabulary, murky syntax-- should be reported without compunction to the Faculty Committee on the Use of English by Students. The Committee exists in order to take care of just such people. In the past it has received...