Word: combat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pester him for U. S. troops to fill their ragged ranks. One long tiresome tussle ensued for the next 18 months as the A. E. F. commander resisted this continuous Allied demand. Before he ever fought the Germans, General Pershing was a veteran toughened by this form of combat against the British and French commanders and politicians...
...whole, Rev. Peter Pastor is not so enthusiastic about combat as he was in 1917-18. In fact, he has been troubled in mind since then, whenever he reflects how militant he, the Prince of Peace's devotee, was in those days of "fighting parsons," flag-draped pulpits, flayed "Huns." He has pondered the differences between war psychology and the tolerance and pacifism of Jesus...
During the World War, Commander Stephen King-Hall, R. N., served in the Royal Navy. His ship engaged in sharp combat at Jutland, and it is upon his personal experiences in that battle that the action of the second act is based. He also supervised the London production of the play, and the club officers are consulting him for realistic details of setting and action...
Company Loans. Large and progressive companies have started to formulate definite policies regarding loans to em-ployes at low rates of interest. The business is thought to run at over $20,000,000- per-year and is an effective means to combat usurers and "salary-buyers...
...about the discussion, however, was a point upon which no comment was made. American culture, in its obnoxious manifestations particularly, was treated as something on another continent, separated from Europe by a spiritual as well as by a physical ocean. The French were asked what could be done to combat the political and intellectual imperialism--of America. In that imperialism they implied all the objectionable features of a highly industrialized civilization...