Word: accomplish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Protestant Problems. At Cleveland it was painfully evident that American Protestantism can accomplish little until it is more united. It has denounced unrestricted sovereignty among nations (TIME, June 16, 1941), but each of the 44 U.S. Protestant denominations with 50,000 or more members has unrestricted sovereignty itself-and no Balkans eye each other more suspiciously than do some of these sects...
Having thus struck the keynote of production, Kaiser could make short work of the Wallace-New Deal plans for getting it: "There is no bounty sufficient to accomplish the task. There is nothing in the philosophy of the handout that can lead to anything but despair for the post-war world which is so rapidly approaching...
...severance of that partnership at this time may prove to be as much of an asset as its creation was an asset in 1940. . . . Now that pre-war uncertainties are over, they may well accomplish more in the leadership of the nation as competitors than as allies...
This plan, which a London Ministry of Works official describes as "an entirely unofficial and imaginative effort," would require from 25 to 100 years to accomplish. Optimistic cockneys say it would be feasible "if Hitler had done a bit more damage." Asked the cost, Architect Lutyens replied airily: "Oh, just about what two days of war cost!" (approx. $100,000,000). Said a Royal Academy committeeman: "If you add another nought, it would be about right...
...that we have successfully raised $4 billion with the cooperation of the investors of the nation, I sincerely hope we will be able to continue to finance this war in the seven-to-ten-year range at 2%. If we are able to accomplish this . . . we will save not only this but future generations many millions of dollars on the public debt...