Word: commitments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...highways and strategic railroads would be shot into action as the battle developed into a full-out push at the heart of the Reich. If the invasion was to be stopped, Rommel and Rundstedt would have to make a quick, accurate diagnosis of Eisenhower's intentions, then commit their forces without delay in a great gamble for victory...
...from England have repeatedly made the point that the G.I. Joes over there behave better than their fathers did in 1917-18. Yet, among so many, there must always be a few who go A.W.O.L., who impersonate officers, who engage in petty larceny ; and an even smaller minority who commit rape or murder. The total of convictions obtained against G.I. felons up to last week by the Provost Marshal's Office in England is relatively small: about...
...heard the last words of the ritual . . . "We therefore commit these bodies to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, when the sea shall give up her dead...
...just and cooperative world order. We pray that our nation shall help to establish an international organization for the bet ter ordering of the interdependent life of nations, the preservation of peace with justice, and the furtherance of the general good of all peoples. Unto this great task we commit our wills and our ways. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names. Anno Domini...
...satisfies the Jappetite for bloodshed. It contains 49 successful murders and suicides, a few unsuccessful ones. The story tells how 47 faithful Ronin (knights), led by one of the Rōnin, Yuranosuke, avenge the assassination of feudal War Lord Yenya. Having dispatched the assassin, Prince Moronao, all 47 commit hara-kiri at Yenya 's grave - as a sign that their oath of feudal loyalty holds good even to death...