Word: closed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thus a reasonable assessment would conclude that the chance of war had not increased. Although men do not always act reasonably, nobody in the West but a certified prophet had a right to predict (as some uncertified prophets did last week) that war was close...
...Atlantic system means Western Union in Europe, which can only come about with U.S. support and leadership. It also means close meshing of Western European and U.S. military establishments, of which the U.S.A.F.-R.A.F. alliance is the forerunner...
...high-pitched voice, he answered in an equally squeaky imitation. Squeaky Mary called the U.S. airport. An American answered briskly: "Shoot, Luke, you're faded." Mary was momentarily nonplussed. After giving her message, she explained: "You see, it's been so long since I've had close contact with Americans-it's good to be at it again...
...test of stamina. Those who somehow have managed to save a few dollars from the bandits and the inspectors may hire coolie bearers to carry them across. These local peasants have developed an incredible technique. With straw ropes they lash their human burdens on their backs. They cry, "Please close your eyes and don't be scared. We've done this many times before." Then they pick a nimble passage over the broken bridge, while their passengers look down in terror and vertigo at the swirling waters far below. Safe on the opposite shore, many break down...
...Catholic Church had faced such laws before (in Canada and Mexico) and knew just what to do. Rather than allow schools to close for lack of teachers, said Bishop Vincent J. Ryan of Bismarck last week, nuns would be told to wear 'respectable secular dress. Some of the law's sponsors solicited support [by claiming] that it would keep Catholic sisters from teaching . . . [but] no law can, under the protection of our Constitution, discriminate against any teacher on account of religious membership or belief...