Word: belief
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just before U.S. Ambassador Spruille Braden emplaned for Washington and his new job as Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America, he let off a final blast at Strong Man Peron: "The voice of liberty is making itself heard in this country and I am not of the belief that anyone will be able to smother it." The crowd of Argentines at the airport cheered, shouted "Libertad! Libertad...
Then came Mrs. McCollum. "I have not accepted belief in God myself," said she, "but I have never consciously ridiculed religion." She had gone to court, she said, because she "felt deeply" that church and state should be separate...
Actually, WPB may be painting the picture blacker than it really is. Its dire predictions are based on the still unproved belief that there is little possibility of the U.S. getting tin from the rich mines of the Far East (Malaya, Burma, Siam, The Netherlands East Indies) for two years-the time it takes to build, ship and set up dredging machinery. Tin experts think that hidden stocks of tin and Jap machinery still may be found there...
...Flowers. A writer expressed the belief that Americans wanted to understand Japan better. The art of ceremonial tea-making and flower arrangements, he said hopefully, were "in fashion among the society class of America...
President Roosevelt laid the policy's foundation before and at Yalta; President Truman carried on at Potsdam. The salient, underlying factor was Roosevelt's belief that: 1) China was the U.S.'s natural ally in Asia; 2) in her present and probable postwar weakness, China alone could not be relied on to withstand Russia's inroads. Roosevelt therefore reasoned that his only recourse was an attempt to build at least a temporary bridge of understanding between China and Russia, and hope that political or other conflict could be postponed during China's recovery. Soong...