Word: impounding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Naturally, the first duty of the Bureau of the Dog, if staffed by the undersigned, would be to . . . impound the sad dogs, the intellectual poodle dogs and the pusillanimous pups which now infest our State Department . . . The President could ill afford to have more brains in the Dog Department than in the Department of State and, from this standpoint, his remarks to you are eminently justified...
...army had inspected most of Mrs. Planas' depots. They had in fact found a mass of war material, but most of it was useless. It had been kept in open lots, exposed to tropical sun and rain. Most of the gear was rusted beyond repair. The army did impound three Sherman tanks and three half-tracks that looked as if they could be repaired...