Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...military advantage was obvious from a glance at the map. In containing Communism, the U.S. was forced to approach Russia from all sides, at widely scattered points, with widely scattered and diffused resources. Russia could strike where she wished. She was always on the offensive, the U.S. must act constantly on the defensive. Eastern Europe was gone. Russia, in effect, stood on the Elbe River and the Adriatic Sea. The rump of Europe scarcely differed in effectiveness from Europe in the 5th Century, when the Slavs had pushed to the North Sea and the Frankish Kingdom occupied the Low Countries...
Cried the leftist Franc Tireur: "Ramadier does not govern; he compromises. He does not act; he maneuvers. He does not decide; he parleys. He cuts the pear in two, gives the worse piece to his friends and the better to his enemies...
...where Negro fans sported Jackie Robinson buttons, Jackie's fans came early and brought their lunch. In Jim Crowish St. Louis, where Negroes must sit in the right-field pavilion, the Robinson rooting section was more noticeable. Their adulation embarrassed Robbie: it made it harder for him to act like just another ballplayer. Rickey had promised to treat Jackie "just like any other rookie," and he certainly did on the payroll. Though he may have to pay Jackie more next season, so far Rickey has paid the crowd-pulling rookie-of-the-year only $5,000. Under league rules...
...first-rate historical novel represents a strong and magical act of imagination: a great deal of learning may have gone into it, but the scaffolding has then been removed. Thackeray's Henry Esmond and Robert Graves's I, Claudius put the reader in the presence of the past; Proud Destiny puts before him only popularized history...
...United States and Great Britain are aware of their intentions to act only in the interest of world peace and security. But Russia may not share that awareness. And even if she did, there is no assurance that the long range interest of the world community is identical with the immediate interest of the U.S.S.R. Russia needs bad foreign relations. Russian workers could not cheerfully sacrifice the production of consumer goods to the upbuilding of heavy industry if it were not possible for their leaders to point to unsettled diplomatic conditions and the possibility of "capitalistic encirclement...