Word: armes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hours before the Senate was to learn that McMahon's prophecy was cold, disturbing fact, the fate of the arms plan was still far from certain. Sober, economy-minded Walter George of Georgia, trying to cut the $1 billion appropriation for the Atlantic pact nations by $500 million, argued doggedly that the U.S. could not run the risk of bleeding itself white for Europe. "To the extent that we weaken America," he declared, "to the extent that we weaken the strength of our arm, we undoubtedly cut the life out of the whole North Atlantic community...
...when the Franks children (Caroline, 10, and Allison, 4) rouse their parents. Breakfast is in a small room off Lady Franks's bedroom (just fruit juice and coffee for Sir Oliver, who has to watch his weight; once when he was laid up with a broken arm...
...Senate, the answer to one question was supposed to be down in black and white, in the Atlantic Pact. But there was violent disagreement on what the fancy script meant. The question was: "Does the treaty commit us to arm and aid Europe's armies?" (An old question in a new context). Senator Taft, respected for his brains, answered, "Yes." Senator Dulles, respected for his brains, answered, "No." The rest of the Senators, some respected, some not, weren't agreed either, but they voted for the Pact. An arms bill may pass the Senate, but what the original treaty meant...
...dealer's slot at Schwiefka's gambling joint, he dealt cards with the impersonal fairness and nerveless accuracy of a machine. "Frankie Machine," the Division Street punks called him, or just Dealer. "That's me," he'd brag, "the kid with the golden arm . . . When I go after a wise guy I don't care...
...needle because it was easier than coping with life. When Frankie killed Louie Fomorowski, who sold him the stuff, the cops broke Sparrow down and made him squeal. They caught up with Frankie in his flophouse hideaway, broke in the door, and found the man with the golden arm dead. Frankie had hanged himself...