Word: underlay
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...fact, ascertained by neutral observers last week, that Britain's destroyers in home waters were now whittled down to about 60, with a like number laid up for repairs. To eke out surface escorts, big British seaplanes now fly convoy far out over the Atlantic. This situation underlay Britain's anxious effort to buy old U. S. destroyers...