Word: defender
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Construction of a navy powerful enough to defend both coasts at once against attack by any coalition of powers...
...prosperous banker took a great deal of time to explain how he and his countrymen were prepared to get out and defend the country to the last tree and rock. "The women too," he added. "They'll go out there and shoot at the Germans. If anyone thinks they'll get through the Sudeten hills, they're very much mistaken...
...Kingmakers. They include such anti-New Dealers as Chicago's Phil Collins, Michigan's Mark McKee, Boston's William Doyle. Long before the greying, balding boys of the Legion assemble for their yearly carnival, The Kingmakers settle policy, pick a National Commander to explain and defend their policy. Last week in Los Angeles, where 130,000 Legionnaires went to drink and frolic this year, The Kingmakers worked with extraordinary dispatch, got their work done before the convention convened, averted the floor fights which usually attend their nominating maneuvers...
...many thousands went that people who found no room on the island stood in overflow masses on each bank. In ringing tones No. 1 Czechoslovak Communist Klement Gottwald denounced "Swastika Imperialism!" and quite ignored the fact that Czechoslovak Reds were once sworn foes of the Republic. "We will defend our Republic until the last!" keynoted Comrade Gottwald. "You may all be sure that you will never see the Swastika banner waving above Hradcany Castle...
With 1,500,000 Germans armed, mobilized and ready at the frontiers of their country to attack or defend, Adolf Hitler mobilized another 1,500,000 Germans in Nürnberg last week. He then proceeded to turn the annual Nazi Party Congress into a great, step-by-step building of war fright throughout Europe. The evident object was to bluff Czechoslovakia and her friends into the best possible deal for the Sudeten Germans and give Hitler another triumph to flash before his people...