Word: assistance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hartford had dished out $200,000 to Elliott Roosevelt, whom he had never met before. With his sights on Brigadier General Roosevelt, Pegler suggested: "Hartford had a profound respect for the office of President of the U.S. and may have thought it was an honor to be asked to assist the son of a President." With its sights on "all concerned," the Washington Post commented acidly: "The precise nature of Mr. Hartford's interest in making the loan is open to serious question...
From Yaeju, the 383rd Infantry jumped off and took Yuza Peak. To the east, the 7th Division was battling for a summit 502 feet high when the enemy gave an assist. Jap artillery shelled Jap troops at the top. When the error was dis covered, and the fire lifted, the Japs on the peak were stunned and the 7th Division veterans were able to swarm all over them...
Strong egos should be built in childhood, but failing that, "practically any person can learn how to develop ego strength at any period in life. . . . * It is frequently a long and painful process, but it can be done. To assist the individual in attaining this goal is the work of the psychiatrist, and in the above concept lies the germ of the prevention and also the treatment of alcoholism...
...traitor. Of course, he has not been willing to do it, and will not, unless the Communists will, first of all, give up their separate government and army. There is no law or logic whereby the head of a legitimate government can be asked to recognize, let alone assist, a wholly independent sovereignty within his own country...
...Crimes. The Russians, doing nothing to assist in a joint handling of war criminals, yammered incessantly at U.S. and British delays. Belatedly but efficiently, the U.S. proceeded with its prosecution plans...