Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...garbled telegram (1870), and even by Jenkins' ear (1739). But most wars, including the Trojan, the Franco-Prussian, and that of Jenkins' ear, are caused not by incidents but by somebody's belief that he can get something by war that he cannot get any other...
...last word. He expressed his fervent hope for Togliatti's recovery and then said: "I can give assurance that the government's conduct in the near future will be based not only on comprehension and political wisdom but also on energy which a self-respecting government cannot do without. I didn't follow the example of the present Czechoslovakian Prime Minister and chairman of the Labor Federation who pronounced himself against any form of strike as soon as he came into power; I am not thinking of doing so even in the future. But besides the liberty...
Even so, those who can flee by land are looked on as far better off than those who cannot leave at all. The travelers go by foot or by horsecart. The cart and horses (usually two) are a risk. At best they can be sold along the way for part of the original cost. At worst they will be confiscated by the military; when that happens, the owner had best be humble and pretend he is giving them up as a gift...
...authorities watch the incoming flood of misery with a feeling of helpless dismay. The refugees cannot be housed or adequately fed. They add to the misery, starvation and chaos of Nationalist China. In the North, the Reds still tighten the screws, drive more millions on to the bitter roads of China...
...white and black. Only the yellow rivers (actually a tawny brown) have fertile valleys. The yellow rivers, of which the Amazon proper is the best example, carry silt, and when they overflow, leave rich deposits on the land. The black rivers are stagnant and so acid that even fish cannot live in them. The white rivers have ceased to serve as anything but drainage canals. Tropic downpours have long since washed away all fertility from their valleys...