Word: centredness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The sergeants' regime brought opulence and power to the Army, very little to the country. Education and other civic functions were placed under the supervision of the Army; the administration of lighthouses, fishing and customs went to the Navy. Many officers began to collect double and triple salaries for...
For on Luzon is not only the Philippines' capital, but their only Navy Yard (at Cavite), their only naval repair station (Olongapo), most of their fortifications and military airdromes. So long as Manila is in U. S. hands, no Japanese drive to the south could safely by-pass the...
"We shall be very much disappointed if our new church turns out to be no more than a building which will house large numbers and accommodate a variety of activities. . . . You may ask why we . . . do not spend the same money in Christian work and arrange to worship in less...
Most of Fern Gravel's eager observation centred on Millersville's inhabitants; and most of these inhabitants she took exactly as they came:
Berlin's opinion of the importance of the war at sea was soon made plain. For months, hoping to avoid stirring up additional U. S. sympathy for Britain, German officialdom has spoken to and of the U. S. only in a low voice and in polite terms. Last week...