Word: challengee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The Challenge. Hoffman first deftly disposed of some stock British alibis and delusions. For one thing, he said in answer to newsmen's needling questions, the U.S. does not have to sell goods to Britain or to anyone else in Europe to stay prosperous. For another, he admitted that...
Hoffman pointed out that in 1948 the U.S. had a gross national product of $254 billion. "Just three-tenths of 1% more of that spent on British goods,"he said, "and the dollar gap can be closed . . . First, study carefully what the Americans want. Then make it at prices they...
Britain's Labor statesmen faced a challenge, too. It was perhaps the most serious challenge since they began, four years ago, to transform Britain into a Socialist state. The question was: Could a nation which stood on the verge of bankruptcy afford Socialism?
Such well-intentioned enthusiasts as Teitgen tried to march too fast. This was just what the sponsors of the Strasbourg movement had feared might happen. Before he left for a breather at Nice, Churchill himself championed the go-slow view. "We must not attempt on our present electoral basis," he...
When the panic of 1873 hit Lynn, Mass., Real Estate Agent Isaac Pinkham and his 54-year-old wife Lydia found themselves flat broke. Fumbling old Isaac was crushed, but his tough-willed Quaker wife rose to the occasion. As a girl, Lydia had been a fierce Abolitionist, and she...