Word: allowing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Distinction. Winston Churchill pointed once again to the Soviet Government as the greatest menace to the world's peace. He said with deliberate emphasis: "I will not allow that anything said by others should weaken my regard and admiration for the Russian people."* But whether Russia takes "an honored place in the van of world organization . . . depends only on the decisions taken by the handful of able men who under their renowned chief hold all the 180,000,000 Russians and many more outside Russia in their grip...
Attlee's declaration could not demolish the biggest obstacle to Indian independence-the division between Hindus and Moslems. His statement that "we cannot allow minorities to veto advances by the majority" hit a sensitive spot. Moslem League President Mohamed Ali Jinnah, who demands a separate Moslem state (Pakistan), accused Attlee of "rope-walking," repeated his doctrine that "the Moslems of India are not a minority but a nation, and self-determination is their birthright." Again he threatened civil war if the British and Congress reject Pakistan. If it is a question, he said, of "who can shed the more...
...agreed that transportation and postal services between the two zones would be resumed. Shtykov also consented to allow Koreans to cross the boundary, but his boss, Colonel General Ivan Chistiakov, canceled this agreement last week without explanation. "Short of the aim" meant that trains will be allowed to cross the boundary, but with almost no goods or passengers...
...appeal would allow veterans to buy textbooks anywhere in Boston, or even in their own home towns, if need be, and still receive a refund under the provisions of the GI Bill. At present official rulings limit the accepted book stores to those in Harvard Square...
Snorted Condon: "D.A.R. must mean Don't Allow Roughnecks. Un-American? Well, we don't strum Viennese waltzes; our stuff is as American as popcorn. Haven't those women ever heard of 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?' We don't chase happiness, we create...