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Word: closers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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What would be the practical results of recognition? While it might conceivably strengthen would do so even more, not only driving the Chinese closer to Russia, but also giving the Soviets good Propaganda material to use on the natives of southeast Asia. The Russians would be eager to claim that non-recognition is proof that the United States only recognizes governments of whose polities it approves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New China | 11/30/1949 | See Source »

Take a quick glance at the roster of this year's hockey team, and you'll think for sure that the squad can't miss having a wonderful season. But look a little closer, and you may want to reserve your judgment for a while...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Skaters, Girding for Opener, Boast an Experienced Team | 11/30/1949 | See Source »

...concert, for which no admission is charged, is intended to give people from the Brooks House community centers and other projects a chance to hear "good" music first hand and to come in closer contact with the University, Pittenger said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBH Will Sponsor Combined Glee Club-Orchestra Concert | 11/22/1949 | See Source »

When Nationalist authorities whiffed the brewing plot, they promptly ordered CNAC (China National Aviation Corp.) and CATC (Central Air Transport Corp.) to shift all operations from Hong Kong to Formosa, where Chiang Kai-shek's forces could exert closer control. But at dawn one day last week, eleven planeloads of pilots and crewmen chose instead to slip off from Hong Kong's Kai Tak airfield and head for Red China. Seventy more Nationalist-owned planes remained grounded at Hong Kong. Pro-Communist personnel guarded them against seizure by Nationalist agents, who were forced to seek help in unsympathetic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Coup | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

...language requirement, after all, is like a suit. The closer it comes to being custom-made, the better it will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 594 Skiddoo | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

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