Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first this dawning realization was a bitter pill for the R.A.F. Bomber Command and the U.S. Eighth Air Force. Every shift of bombers to the Mediterranean was a "diversion," a threat to the use of independent air power. By last week the pill was becoming an acceptable if not yet welcomed dose of reason and fact. Bomber men began to see that southern Europe offered better flying weather, bases increasingly near to central and southern Germany. They also began to see that "tactical" front-line bombing and "strategic" rear-line bombing were part & parcel of the same...
Behind Tojo's changes was an old & bitter tug of war between the Army and Big Business for the control of heavy industry. Japan's great holding families, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, did not oppose war; they opposed Army dominance of the economy. Under the Army's guidance, the new Ministry will now divert more yen, men and materials into the manufacture of weapons, at the expense of the little man's wardrobe and dinner bowl. Especial care, Tojo has indicated, will be lavished upon the aircraft industry...
...Turner would work toward such aims as these seemed clear from the fact that he had helped formulate them at Harpers Ferry. His personal history would seem to assure the forcefulness of his work. The Iowa-born economist and historian (Great Cultural Traditions) is veteran No. 1 of the bitter wars fought around the University of Pittsburgh's skyscraper "Cathedral of Learning." There Turner made a fine teaching record only to be fired in 1934 by Chancellor John Gabbert Bowman. With this ousting, the Chancellor started something. Investigation by a professional committee of highest standing convicted the "Cathedral...
Rumormongers tried to brew more bitter tea between Giraud and General Charles de Gaulle. The facts: Giraud-De Gaulle relationships improved daily. During Giraud's visit, one gay, demonstrative crowd greeted him with cheers of "Vive Giraud!" Giraud silenced them, cried: "There are two generals at the head of the French National Committee, General de Gaulle and myself. Now, with me-'Vive De Gaulle!'" The Corsican crowd cheered...
...General's swift little blitz was bitter work for his Australians, who had some support from a few U.S. troops...