Word: blockings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Commissioner G. Donald Kennedy, whose office was not at stake until the 1944 election. Democrats nursed their wounds and thought hard: if the Highway Commissioner were a good politicker, maybe-with the fat patronage in that office-he could help Democrats beat their way back to power. Only stumbling block: Commissioner Kennedy was no vote getter...
Last Ditch. The story of the next few days was the story of a desperate Allied stand. British artillery and lumbering new Churchill tanks rolled up to block the pass at Sbiba. In the area of Tebessa-the Allied base for Central Tunisia-U.S. cannon and armor, supported by strong air units operating in dubious flying weather, pounded and slashed at the German onrush. In the critical Thala sector British armor, probably drawn from the First Army's reserves, and fresh U.S. artillery fought through the afternoon and into the night...
...Against. The line that Congressman Sabath was taking was too similar to that which preceded Term III to be overlooked. But if Franklin Roosevelt runs again, his opposition will be stronger than in 1940. One who has been laboring for months to block any attempt at Term IV is the man who twice put F.D.R. in the White House-James Aloysius Farley. Last week Jim Farley, who is both New York State Democratic Chairman and board chairman of Coca-Cola Export Corp., returned to Manhattan from a five-week "business trip." Along the way Jim Farley...
Question, Stumbling Block. To the Greeks, the coming of Christ was not expected. Thus the Greek thinkers looked upon Him as "foolishness," since "nothing is so incredible as an answer to an unasked question." Materialistic Greeks believed that the laws of nature were the final reality to which man must adjust himself...
...Jews, Christ was a grave disappointment, a "stumbling block," because He was not "the kind of Messiah who was expected." The Jews wanted their Messiah to be not only good but a national and triumphant hero who would fulfill history from their special point of view. Instead, Jesus shocked the righteous by teaching that they were, in the final judgment, unrighteous...