Word: britain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...AMERICANS: "It is a gross oversimplification to say that Britain's present difficulties are solely due to mistakes in British policy." FOR BRITONS : "For a generation past, the British people have been paying far too little attention to their competitive position in the world...
...half of the page, the tongue-in-cheek Economist printed the side of the medal destined "for American readers-not to be read in Britain"; on the other side, the side "for British readers, not to be read in America." Excerpts...
...AMERICANS: "Much of the largest cause of the present situation is to be found in the dislocation produced by two wars . . . Britain (apart from Germany) was the only country that fought right through both wars . . ." FOR BRITONS: "No other country is going to recognize any obligation to provide the British people with a living, no matter what their services ... in the common cause...
...AMERICANS: "The British . . . have made greater efforts than any other people, and deserve credit for so doing." FOR BRITONS: "No efforts and no sacrifices, however heavy, are great enough if they leave Britain dependent on the generosity of others...
...need from each country totaled about $5 billion. Since the U.S. Congress was expected to provide only about $3.7 billion, a working party was set to paring down the estimates. When, with blood almost visibly dripping from the knife, the working party reported, there were cries of pain from Britain. Direly worried about the immediate future,Britain had upped her original estimate from $900 million to more than $1.5 billion. The economic surgeons proposed cutting her share back to $840 million...