Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Russia's need for postwar credit was one of Truman's bargaining points. What he might well ask in return from the Russians was: 1) as much cooperation as possible in Asia, during and after the Pacific war; 2) a pledge that Russia would not seek to communize all of Europe (see below...
...classes of men are eligible for consideration, Perkins reports. First, civilians, who must be 17 years old at the date of enlistment. Anyone who will be 18 before November 1 may ask to be accepted for enlistment before his eighteenth birthday, and be kept on inactive duty until November...
...weight have been pitted against Kansas City's $6,000,000 Union Station. "One of the best planned and most imposing [stations] this side of New York," editorialized the Star-but everybody who gets off a train has to mount two flights of steps to the lobby! "Ask the person with a weak heart who has just come here to see a doctor. Ask the woman who has just carried a baby and luggage up the long stairs...
...Accuse me, if you will, of endorsing backwardness, indifference and ignorance, but let me ask, in return, whether we were not much happier when our rages involved [such matters as] whether the referee gave Tunney a long count or Dempsey hit Jack Sharkey...
...Drew her, eh," said the second most powerful Russian thoughtfully. "I must ask Mme. Sheremetiev to lend her to me awhile. That barn of mine is a perfect shambles...