Word: cores
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...While the Wall Street Journal thought it brilliant, with a 'hard core of indisputable fact...
...counterespionage; it kept watch on Communists, foreigners. Behind the Japanese lines its eyes were flower girls, coolies and ricksha men. In the most lurid Fu Manchu tradition, it reported to Tai Li with invisible ink messages, "eliminated" those on Tai Li's blacklist, and built up the core of an effective guerrilla army...
There was plenty of reaction, most of it bad. A few Congressmen thought the speech "realistic"; the majority were cold, some were "shocked." While the Wall Street Journal thought it brilliant, with a "hard core of indisputable fact," Manhattan's devoutly pro-Soviet PM angrily called it an "ideological declaration of war against Russia...
...Contracts? Despite these liabilities, Reuther has earned a solid core of support within the union for his determined postwar leadership. His spectacular example is in gaudy contrast to the drab personality of Thomas. Although the battle with G.M. is still to be won, many auto workers feel that Reuther's stand set the pattern for the settlements at Ford and Chrysler...
...Crisis. At the core of UNO's first great test was, as many had predicted it would be, the Security Council's veto power. Russia's Vishinsky, in his best prosecutor's manner, had formally accused the British of endangering the peace by maintaining an army in Greece. Bevin had bellowed Britain's demand for clear acquittal of this charge. When it looked as though Bevin would win, Vishinsky threatened to use his veto...