Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said. He recalled the courage of free men in another day-the French at Verdun in 1916, the Italians at Vittorio Veneto,* the British in 1940 "when they stood alone against Hitler." For Americans he recalled Valley Forge. "Indeed, if each of us now proves himself worthy of his countrymen fighting and dying in Korea, then success is sure . . . "Each of us must do his part. We cannot delay while we suspiciously scrutinize the sacrifices made by our neighbors, and through a weasling logic seek some way to avoid our own duties. If we Americans seize the lead, we will...
...past glories. The non-Communists of France were lifted up. The whole of Western Europe, living under the shadow of the great peril, was more heartened than at any time in four years of daily threats, unending scares. Eisenhower had presented no certainties either to Europe or to his countrymen. He had offered only a risk. Little had happened except that Eisenhower had said what he had to say-and the Western world felt better...
...Chato kept right on expanding into all the modern variants of journalism. His ruling passion was, and is, to educate his countrymen. He transformed the Brazilian press, introducing modern makeup, circus-type headlines, bylined news stories on the U.S. model. He created his own news in campaigns for amateur flying, a lavish art museum for Sao Paulo, a hundred child centers to provide free milk and medical care for youngsters in poorer districts all over Brazil. And he showed his competitors that undreamed-of revenues could be earned by convincing Brazilian businessmen that it paid to advertise. Always, he plowed...
Uncle Barhen was shocked when the Indonesian government informed him that the 2,000,000 Chinese in Indonesia had until the end of 1951 to decide whether or not they wanted to become Indonesian citizens. Uncle Barhen set out to woo his countrymen. But the ambassador was handicapped by a lack of diplomatic dignity and aplomb...
...rollicking, jazzy, bawdy barrio without a drunken fight, a shooting or a knifing. Under the conniving eyes of well-bribed cops, numbers-game runners and dope peddlers did a rich trade. From the doorways, women of all shades hawked their wares to a passing throng of awed countrymen, city slickers, roistering sailors and bottle-brave tourists...