Word: bulwarks
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...Soviet Union excelled in the number of men capable of bearing arms . . . The main bulwark of the U.S. was their air force . . . it was in the United States that very long-range bombers first were built. No doubt the Americans had peace for the present but the United States could only regard the peace in the light of a truce, and . . . employ it in preparations for war . . . But when a war of annihilation is impending over a state, the more wise, more resolute and more devoted men always find themselves hampered by the indolent and cowardly mass of money worshippers...
...complete breakdown of all the gifts received during the fund drive has never been revealed; but there is little doubt that Dean David raised much of the money by "selling" the Business School to business firms and foundations as a bulwark of "free enterprise...
...Clash. The man he fired was a military hero, idolized by many. MacArthur had done a superb job as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in the occupation and reconstruction of Japan. He was the strongest bulwark against the Far East's Communists, who had long cried for his head. If Douglas MacArthur had an admirer in the White House set, it was Truman himself, an ex-artilleryman with an innate respect for soldiering...
...veterans form the second base combination, and the should prove a thoroughly capable defensive bulwark. Captain John White was nimble, if not thoroughly reliable, at short last year, and he appears to have settled down in the field. He is, of course, a definite asset...
Sears' letter to Griswold objected to the University's permitting Osmond K. Fraenkel '08, vice-president of the National Lawyers Guild, to speak at the Law School. Sears pointed to the report of the House Un-American Activities Committee which called the National Guild "the foremost bulwark of the Communist party...