Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This isn't a bad skeleton, but it is so over-simplified in its development that you feel it never achieves full body. If Miss Treadwell had devoted more of her imagination to a revelation of the inner conflict between hope and defeat, and less to a chronicling of life in the San Joaquin (which can be pretty dull at times), she would have had a more successful time of it. There is a long list of excellent characterizations headed by that of the Italian truck-grower, Alan Reed. Despite its deficiencies in depth--by no means an uncommon failing...
...consequent loss of American lives and ships would give to interventionists eactly the provocation they need to force the United States into a war with Germany, the Harvard Committee for Democratic Action yesterday declared itself opposed to the use of American ships as convoys in the present European conflict...
...cruisers and destroyers -and a southern squadron-one battleship similarly covered. The Orion was to try to decoy the southern squadron into a night trap. Toward evening the main British force followed the flagship Warspite into the Ionian Sea between Sicily and Greece toward the hoped-for area of conflict. A few light Greek vessels put out to join them...
Yugoslavia's signature to the Axis pact brought the latent conflict between the young King and the Regent to the surface, as it brought to the surface the indignation of the Serbian people and the Army, which is predominantly Serbian. Between Peter and General Simovitch. leader of the conspiracy, General Kossitch acted as go between. When the Army struck, Peter knew all about...
...Pius XII last week let it be known he would not celebrate the usual elaborate Easter Mass in St. Peter's, ending with a blessing urbi et orbi, "to the city and the world." To 3,000 pilgrims the Holy Father expressed his hope "that the nations in conflict today may as soon as possible sheathe their swords and attain a sure peace based on justice...