Word: commitments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chief weaknesses is instability. Reared in Japan's feudal atmosphere, savagely repressed all his life, he is apt to blow up in tight spots, make "banzai" suicide charges, commit harakiri. Victorious, he swells with arrogance and takes his repressions out on helpless prisoners...
...mean that to resurrect their standing in the world, Italians would do anything - even commit themselves to a war which they are not prepared to wage, militarily, financially or humanly...
From the trickles of information, ob servers could see that the real problem at Dumbarton Oaks is a question that only the U.S. people can answer for themselves. This question, always fundamental in the American dilemma over foreign policy: Are Americans now prepared to commit the U.S. to use force at the orders of an international agency without waiting for a specific declaration of war by Congress...
Thus Canada figures it is enlightened self-interest to be among the first to subscribe heavily to UNRRA, to commit herself at the Bretton Woods conference to a $625,000,000 contribution to the International Stabilization Fund and Reconstruction Bank. The new bill provides the incentive for Canadian traders to seek new business where demand is likely to be heavy, even if immediate capacity to pay is limited. If a deal is too big for private business to handle, Creditor Canada stands ready to provide the credit for countries which want and need Canadian goods...
Near the East Prussian border with Lithuania stood the windmill of Tauroggen. Inside sat a disgusted Prussian general. He was about to commit treason. Across the table sat a Russian general, in command of Russia's forces in the Baltic. The Prussian had orders to take Riga, but he promised the Russians...