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UNRRA

American  
[uhn-ruh] / ˈʌn rə /
Or U.N.R.R.A.
  1. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.


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Wai. lace, it developed, had based his criticism largely on the advice of a friend of his in UNRRA, who was now abroad.

From Time Magazine Archive

The plain-shoutin' little man was Fiorello LaGuardia, ex-mayor of New York, now head of UNRRA, who had swooped into North Dakota, wearing a pearl-grey sombrero.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Buenos Aires promptly reported that Argentina's exportable surpluses of wheat were already committed by sale or donation; that was the reason Argentina had declined to join UNRRA.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Herbert Lehman made him senior deputy director of UNRRA, Jackson was given a job bigger but not much different from the one at Malta.

From Time Magazine Archive

Labor Conciliator Edgar Warren, the man chosen to settle the threatened meat packers' strike, hinted that the only solution was a �c-a-lb. increase in the price of meat bought by the Army, Navy and UNRRA.

From Time Magazine Archive