Word: covetousness
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This is land the Japanese covet. To its taking they have given much thought. Long ago they sent in their advance guard of barbers, fishermen, photographers and loggers, who became bug-eyed at Borneo's wealth and military secrets. Last week the Japanese had not yet made their all-out assault on Borneo. The preliminary landings were designed mainly to secure the southeastern rim of the China Sea, insuring communications with Indo-China, Thailand, Malaya. The Dutch expect a heavier blow...
...believe that I should do no injustice to or take any unfair advantage of any man, woman or child, either directly or indirectly, and that I should discourage others from so doing by obeying God's commandment not to kill, steal, defraud or deceive, and not to covet what rightfully belongs to others...
Just as the German Navy is a newcomer to the world, so is Nazi foreign policy. It is possible that if Britain should lose and Hitler became master of the seas, he would suddenly become a good boy and covet nothing that belongs to his neighbors. The sun may also fail to rise tomorrow morning. There is nothing to prove absolutely that it will or that Hitler won't. One can judge only by experience, and although Hitler's record of past performance is not so long as the sun's it is just as consistent...
...Magyars Duna, Rumanians Dunarea, English -speaking peoples Danube (see map). The nations of the Danube Basin knew their danger, knew also that for their chances of remaining unmolested a little longer they could thank the richness of their valley, since would-be conquerors might well destroy the prize they covet...
...logic displayed by the gentlemen of the Tribune seems muddy at best. Certainly Greenland is not the rich prize that Germany would covet to help support it through a long war or even provide it with raw materials in time of peace. A second theory that has been much mentioned is that Greenland would be valuable to Germany as a naval base or air base. There seems to be little possibility of such a move in any but the very distant future, however. Even at the beginning of the war, the German navy was not strong enough to carry...