Word: ardently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...politician, Saracoglu would easily find a place for himself in the rough & tumble political arena of the U.S. He likes America, Americans and things American-automobiles, cigarets, architecture, movies, industry, government. He is a devotee of sports, an ardent rooter at Turkish soccer games. Unlike most European statesmen, he is approachable, informal, hearty and direct. He likes the cracker-barrel politics which, in Turkey, take place at small, informal dinners. A U.S. career diplomat of many years standing in Ankara said of him once: "He is more like an American politician than anyone else in European governments...
...being built. British Cabinet members openly, jocosely showed their lack of interest in the air force. Public opinion was hostile to rearmament of any kind. Sir Samuel Hoare, though he made some constructive suggestions, never got out on a limb that might lose the Government votes. Churchill was an ardent supporter of the R.A.F. but not always well informed on German air rearmament. When presented with an awkward question, Ramsay MacDonald, as Prime Minister, explained that he could do nothing about air, and sent Londonderry to Neville Chamberlain. Chamberlain was interested only in finance. Sir John Simon thought...
Pepper, long a New Deal spokesman, is also noted for the pronounced internationalism of his political views. He led the Senatorial fight for the passage of the Lend-Lease and Selective Service acts and was an ardent, interventionist before Pearl Harbor...
Pepper, nationally known for his part in the Fight For Freedom movement, was an ardent interventionist before Pearl Harbor. He is expected to explain his plans and his stand on the issue of future world security and the part that will be taken by the United States...
Henry Taylor is a successful business man (pulp and paper), a newspaperman (correspondent in North Africa), an author (Time Runs Out; TIME, May 11, 1942), an individualist, the offspring of Ohio pioneers, and an ardent disliker of much in contemporary U.S. life. In his autobiographical Men in Motion these qualities are abundantly manifest. An uneven, unprofessional book, packed with good stories (though his fellow correspondents dispute their novelty) and with vehement personal opinions, it is well worth reading for its picture of the mood of the people from whom Taylor and many another American springs...