Word: closers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fire. Perhaps his old hands numbed too quickly when he jerked them out of the mittens to strike matches; stayed numb no matter how he pounded them together. Perhaps his little sticks were wet. But his fire would not start. That, quite simply, was death. The wolves came closer, their shadows black on the snow, shadows that merged, sprang apart, drifted closer...
...candidate for President ever took such a job afterwards. But Columnist Lawrence pointed out its advantage to Willkie and the party: 1) he would have a powerful voice in party leadership; 2) he could acquire closer familiarity with national affairs, bring efficiency and planning to the national headquarters; 3) party leadership developed in conferences could be effective inside as well as outside Congress, could prevent contradictions like those that made the Republican record on defense and foreign policy a handicap in the 1940 campaign. As a salaried executive ("It ought to pay a man as much as does the Presidency...
...what Britain can least afford to lose. Lack of them is what makes possible the kind of news the British faced as a new week began: a convoy 400 miles west of Ireland attacked by U-boats with a half-dozen ships sunk or damaged, two other vessels closer to Ireland attacked by bombing planes...
...judgment is: No declaration of war; keep control of our time table; move closer and closer to Britain; and without declaring war, gear the country to war by maximum speed in production, training, and supply...
...meeting is designed to meet the requests of many settlement house workers who wish closer contact with Brooks House and other volunteers...