Word: withhold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Without Discrimination." One rule was firm: the U.S. would not withhold food from any peoples who were starving -not even the enemies of democracy. But, by the same token, nondemocratic nations drawing U.S. relief would not be allowed to starve the friends of democracy. Distribution must be "without discrimination as to race, creed or political belief...
...seclusion of his palace last week to attend a requiem service at the Metropolis Cathedral for a distant relative, Sweden's Prince Gustaf Adolf (recently killed in an airplane crash), the crowd lining University Boulevard neither cheered nor booed; they clapped politely. The people were still willing to withhold their judgment on their King-but not for much longer. Said one Athenian indifferently as the King's grey-green Rolls-Royce passed by: "Oh, I suppose he will go to England after the next plebiscite...
...revision was the first with the dining hall employees since August, 1945. He indicated also that by the terms of the old contract the University was not obligated to review its terms until June, 1947, but felt that in justice to the employees it should waive the right to withhold for another seven months further adjustments in the wage scale...
Warmly endorsing the Nanking government, the Professor paints an encouraging picture of the reconversion of the Chinese nation to an efficient peacetime basis. Were efficiency the highest criterion of government there would be little reason for Americans to withhold judgment on the Nanking government. It does appear to be the strongest single force in China. But Professor Pound forgets, and this is the same omission that permitted praise of early Fascist Italy by some "for making the trains run on time," that the United States is interested in China not as a smoothly-running machine but as a two-party...
...theory was very simple. On the one hand, it was obvious there was no value in any scheme which did not assure true political and economic unification of Germany. It would actually be dangerous to enter into cumbersome and unworkable compromises which would give the illusion of unity but withhold the political and economic benefits. Far better would be frank acceptance of the division of Germany, and a firm concentration of the efforts of the Western powers on putting Western Germany on its feet. On the other hand, past experience proved that nothing but unworkable compromises could result from...