Word: effectively
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Last week the cautious State Department was arguing with usually cautious Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, who was eager to freeze all German and Italian funds in the U. S. He pointed out: 1) all U. S. funds in Germany and Italy are already frozen in effect by currency controls, 2) freezing of Axis funds would also freeze the influx of funds for sabotage, espionage and propaganda, since all embassies and consulates would have to specify their expenses. At week's end it looked as if action would follow soon. For the sake of "neutrality" British funds might...
Immediate effect of the Book of Lynch on U. S. infantrymen will be to reduce hours spent in antiquated close-order drill, increase the days devoted to field maneuver. Smart boys will catch on in two or three weeks; chuckleheads who look to left of trees after month's end will be demoted to the awkward squad...
...specific clues to his choice. Alexander Shkhvartzev, who was named Ambassador to Berlin at the time of the German-Russian Pact, was replaced by V. G. Dekanozov. Dekanozov was formerly Vice Commissar for Foreign Affairs, and accompanied Mr. Molotov to Berlin. When United Press quoted Hamburger Fremdenblatt to the effect that Hungary's adhesion to the Axis was reached "with the cooperation and full authority of Russia," official Tass announced sharply: "This report does not correspond with the facts in any extent...
...seriously alter Shakespeare's comedy. It can be richly indecent as in Measure for Measure, swift and slapstick as in The Taming of the Shrew. It can also be very mild, very mannered-as in Twelfth Night. The Guild production of the play is exquisite, but the net effect is that of a high ritual of antique jokes...
Consisting of 64 questions, the poll will ask the students their opinion of aid to Britain, conscription, the effect of a Nazi victory, and many other pertinent issues...