Word: counte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quick end were brighter than ever. But, as a matter of sense and duty, the fighting commanders had to assume that Japan would have to be invaded. Any earlier, easier end to the war would be a bonus. Sound military minds could hope for it. But they dared not count...
...Alger was the most prolific writer who ever lived. (He published about 130 books for boys, at least two novels for girls and several books of bad poetry, besides some earlier pamphlets. But most of the books were short, averaging 55,000 words by actual count; his total production was about 7,000,000 words. Frederick Dey, author of most of the "Nick Carter" series, ground out more than 21,000,000 words...
Shakespeare, Weeds, Fish. For amusement the Nazis lectured each other. Ley spoke on the role of private capital in rebuilding Germany. The Foreign Minister in Doenitz' short-lived surrender government, Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk, discussed Shakespeare. Hans Joachim Riecke, Nazi agriculturist, described the best methods of fighting weeds, and Lieut. Colonel Ernst John von Freyand, former aide to Field Marshal Keitel, spoke freely on the breeding of fish...
...biggest electoral upset in British history. When Britain's sealed ballot boxes were broken open for the count last week, it was found that the Labor Party, under the leadership of Clement R. Attlee, had defeated the Conservative Party, haloed by the prosecution to victory of a desperate war. Labor's astonishing majority over Winston Churchill's Conservatives: 195 seats...
...London flew Prime Minister Winston Churchill, to give King George VI a firsthand report of the Big Three meeting. Then, back at No. 10 Downing Street, he waited for the election count. Next evening, when defeat was sure, he went back to Buckingham Palace to resign and hand over to the King the seals of office. His Majesty offered him the Order of the Garter. Churchill refused the dignity. An hour later he issued a statement...