Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...than a two-thirds' majority rule. He was bitterly seconded by Belgium's Paul Henri Spaak, chairman of the Rules Committee: "The great powers. . .attempt to impose upon us rules of voting which in practice prevent us from securing acceptance for our points of view. . . . Finally . . . they ask us to make them a few recommendations...
...Afghanistan, desperately in need of outside supplies, was finally made eligible for Lend-Lease. A U.S. official went to Kabul to ask the Afghans what they needed most. They said "everything." He suggested medicines as a starter. The Afghan committee withdrew with a drug catalogue, returned next day with a list that began: " 1) Medicine to ease a weary heart...
...approved the plan. Byrnes's acquiescence may have been influenced by the recent U.S. refusal to give Britain any military help. The U.S. Cabinet's attitude toward Britain seemed to be: "You do it, Johnny-but do it in a nice way, and don't ask...
...there are always people who ask about "Dutchess Hotspur." "That," says Palmer, "is not my department...
...missionaries had better be careful with Africans. They ask you for education and you have given them stones. Unless you feed your children they will run away [to Catholic missions...