Word: officialdom
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...officialdom would disclose only the staid, though strong, language of the U.S. note and Dev's counternote...
...World. Yanks in Britain called Bill Thompson "the best man in the whole damn Army," made the inevitable cracks about his status in the Services of Supply. Officialdom, British and American, pondered the chances of a Congressional inquiry into Army morals as reflected by Sergeant Thompson's application of lend-lease. But the death of MacDonald, the sudden weakening of Norah cast a shadow over Bill's high spirits. He hurried to London, conferred long & earnestly with his superiors. Then, scratching his head over how to legitimize his family, he received the press. Said he: "We just want...
...officialdom had prodded gently but persistently for this change. The new rate meant that the Army could construct or enlarge airfields, erect new quarters at half the former cost, thus forestall any future criticism of exorbitant expenditures in China. Officially, the Army and other U.S. agencies had been unable to buy Chinese dollars on inflated China's rampant black market (TIME, Dec. 6). Individually, Army personnel can continue to draw pay in U.S. dollars,turn a tidy profit in the black market; where the rate is still more than double the new official exchange...
Nationalism is rising all over Latin America. This nationalism, however uncouth or suspect, springs from the emerging popular forces of Latin America. With those forces, U.S. officialdom has very little contact. They are the only native elements which are apt to admire U.S. institutions, welcome U.S. influence, make Good Neighborliness a practical reality...
...press that the Partisans are doing the fighting in Yugoslavia (estimated strength: 236,000 ill-equipped fighters, many of them women in 26 divisions). Cairo had almost nothing to say about Serb General Draja Mihailovich, who was once the hero of Yugoslavia and the favorite of British officialdom...