Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...soil of Prussia. Our housing projects proclaim . . . the precedents of Holland and of Sweden; nor is the tradition of England forgotten in the latest improvements of New York's parks. . . . "All practice originates in theory. Everything that is made must be first imagined. . . . The problems which confront each great city in Europe and in America are not so unique in character as to demand separate philosophies or special techniques of analysis or synthesis. They are like products of the industrial revolutions; all are new and all are without guidance. The chaos of Hamburg and the ravages inflicted on that...
...present we have some announced ideals, but have not been using them. The Four Freedoms and the Atlantic Charter were apparently campaign oratory. Our zigzag diplomacy has not even been a success by Machiavellian standards, with the French, the Italians, and the Jugoslavs. I recognize the awful difficulties that confront our leaders, but I believe that for our policies to win friends and influence people, we need to preach better, and practice more, and to pray harder. I think a just peace can be made to satisfy both the spiritual and the material needs of our country...
...problems these characters confront are almost entirely created and solved by themselves; they seldom encounter real obstacles. In fact, "the typical radio-serial situation [can be compared to] a stagnant lake which is troubled by a stone thrown into...
...after his soothing hour's address, it seemed almost rude to suggest that it may also be so cautious as to be dangerous, or to propose that the American people should be informed, aroused and challenged to think and debate their way through the great issues that confront them. Mr. Hull was particular upon this latter point. In this election year, he said, the people bear an especial responsibility in U.S. foreign relations. "It is the responsibility of avoiding needless controversy. ... It is the responsibility for patience...
...whatever airmen in Britain may think, the planes "diverted" to North Africa and southern Europe played an enormous part in an enormous blow at German confidence, helped to open the first breach in mainland Europe. An important effect of that breach, and of deepening it, will eventually be to confront the Luftwaffe with a two-or-three-front air war over Germany itself. A small beginning could be seen this week in the report that bombers and fighters based in the Mediterranean area had attacked objectives in Austria...