Word: behinds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Many who believe that behind Franklin Roosevelt's ringing, full-voiced abandonment of traditional U. S. isolationism at Chicago three weeks ago was the gentle, tutorial lisp of Cordell Hull, believe also that Pupil Roosevelt spoke more strongly than his adviser intended. Carefully avoiding expressions like "quarantine" and "concerted effort," whose use by the President jolted many a diplomat, Oldster Hull gave his measured definition of a changing U. S. foreign policy...
Meanwhile United Press Correspondent Jack Belden managed to reach the field headquarters of "100 Victories" Wei somewhere in Shansi-his messages via the headquarters radio not saying where. "General Wei is as cold as a Shansi winter wind," radioed Mr. Belden. "He came from behind a sea of maps to grant the curtest interview I have ever...
...serious Rightist offensive on the Aragon front must drive toward either Valencia or Barcelona; the latter would be far the richer prize. Barcelona's defenses are strong. They will be stronger with the Government directly behind them, particularly since the fall of Gijón and Santander was largely due to what correspondents in Spain like to call the "fifth column": sympathizers inside a besieged town or district who rise to arms as (presumably) "four" surrounding columns advance...
Observer Morgan in his chapter Behind the Ceremonies, points out that the canonization of a Catholic saint, although it is at least as elaborate as the British Coronation, is never rehearsed. Canonizations "being purely religious exercises the idea of rehearsal is repugnant. . . . These grandiose functions are held at such in frequent intervals that the performers, except the Pope, the Pontifical Court and the College of Cardinals are never the same. [Yet] they must appear spontaneously perfect, as if each single participant had known his part for a lifetime and acted from inherent impulse. . . . One interesting particular is that gifts...
...passer. In the six games so far this season 53 of Sam Baugh's 109 passes have been completed-for a gain of 707 yd. His running record is almost as impressive. Versatile Sam Baugh is the main reason why the Redskins are now only half a game behind the powerful Giants, why in mid-December they may possibly meet the champions of the Western Division-likely to be the Chicago Bears or the Green Bay Packers-for the National League championship...