Word: appealed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Churchill stooped to wheedling flattery. Be magnanimous, they said. At least, said Roosevelt, give Poland the oil province of Lvov (it lay east of the Curzon line, which the Allies of World War I had proposed as the fairest ethnic frontier between Poland and Russia). Churchill lifted the appeal to an oratorical height: "This is what is dear to the hearts of the nation of Britain . . . that Poland should be free and sovereign . . . mistress in her own house and in her own soul . . . [Our] interest is only one of honor...
...Moscow last week made public a wire that Churchill sent to Molotov last July 4: "I have not had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Malenkov or, as far as I can remember from the war years, any of your political colleagues . . . Would it appeal to you ... if we met in a friendly fashion, without agendas, for the sole purpose of trying to find a sensible way of living side by side? I beg to be informed about what you and your friends think about it." Molotov replied: "We think such a friendly contact could help." But first Geneva, then...
Education of all is "the last best hope" of America to develope its democratic ideals. Secondary schools, especially, must combat the appeal of Communism to the uneducated. Discussion of democracy should be held in all subjects, and more than its ideals should be covered. In every course some of the problems of a democratic nation are exposed...
Definite developments in the courts will have to come, however, before the committee can make any accurate estimate of the total sum necessary for Furry's defense. The January letter of appeal said expenses then immediately predictable were about $5,000, and might easily double, since appeals to the Supreme Court were likely. Kemble said yesterday they could reach...
...moderates' view. Attlee's usual response to Nye Bevan's bull-like forays into vital issues-e.g., Formosa, negotiations with Russia, gibing at the U.S.-is to adopt as much of the Bevanite position as he can, and thereby undercut the Bevanites' appeal. It has led him up some strange alleys...