Word: affectioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have growen wery of spelynge wordes allwaies in one waye and now affect diversite. The chief vertew of my reform is that it makes the spelynge express the moode of the wryter. For instance, if yew are fealin frenly, ye kin spel frenly-like. Butte if yew wyshe to indicate that, thogh nott of hyghe bloode, yew are compleately atte one with the aristokrasy, yew canne double alle youre consonnantts, prollonge mosstte of yourre vowelles and adde a fynalle 'e' wherevverre itte iss requirred. Thysse gyvves a sennsse of leissuure ande quiette dygnittie...
Domestic crisis has forced into the background the nettlesome question of foreign policy. But the outcome of Argentina's domestic struggle would certainly affect her relations abroad. Until the extreme nationalists were overthrown or compelled to back down, she would cling to neutrality, continued relations with Germany, and hemispheric isolation...
...various agencies of government, he says, have been "blended" and "interconnected" rather than separated. Congress is not a judiciary body, but it has the judicial power to impeach and try U.S. civil officers. The President nominates Federal judges, but the Senate must approve them. The President can affect or control legislation, partly through his power as a party head with patronage to dispense, and partly by exercise of the veto. In brief, there are checks and balances within the tripartite system of checks and balances. A President can have his way in the conduct of foreign affairs...
...answers vitally affect the Allied strategy. They might supply a hint of Germany's plans. They might reveal grave strains and stresses within the Wehrmacht. They might indicate the Red Army's strength, its future victories, even Stalin's political demands. Yet, to get to the answers, one must cut through many layers of claims and counterclaims, of secrecy and propaganda. Hitler himself hinders clear answers, for he is an opportunist, a gambler, an intuitive strategist who does not plan far ahead...
...reveal its aims, i.e., to publish a complete blueprint for postwar peace. Those who say this forget that neither the British nor the U.S. Government has yet done so; that such a blueprint must be the product of joint decisions; that a premature discussion of controversial issues might unfavorably affect the unity and the intensity of the efforts necessary to achieve the main goal: victory over the common...