Word: defend
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...doing and where he is going, and you don't send planes up in the dark unless you know what you are doing.") But at Mitchel Field, L.I. the alarm came in daylight, and although it was false the air force took off in good faith to defend New York City...
...planes soared out toward the Atlantic, the ground crews prepared to defend their field. Officers' families and 150 stenographers were sent out of the post. Since the field has only two gates, men climbed into heavy trucks, prepared to hole through the fence in case the gates were clogged by reinforcements. Gas masks and tin hats were issued, Springfield rifles were passed out. Anti-parachute troops stood by; mechanics formed machine-gun squads. To keep enemy planes from landing, trucks and jeeps were scattered about the runways. Fire equipment was broken out and a chemical unit formed to guard...
...three day conference will unite the Student Defenders of Democracy, the Student League for Progressive Action, of which the H.L.U. is a chapter, the College Division of the Committee to Defend America, and other local campus groups, into a large nationwide organization, the name of which will be chosen at the convention...
...humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy favour and glad to do thy will. Bless our land with honourable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogancy, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience...
...room roared with a cry of vengeance. "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion," continued the President, "the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory." At this, the biggest cheers of the day. "We will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us. . . . We will gain the inevitable triumph-so help us God. I ask that the Congress declare . . . a state of war. . . ." The President left the House. Members began roaring impatiently: "Vote! Vote...