Word: defenders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hero was tacitly supported by Gerald Nye (see p. 13), who in his "investigation" of motion-picture "propaganda" also fomented antiSemitism. But nowhere in the land did a single eminent or respected citizen arise to defend the ex-hero's appeal to prejudice and bigotry...
Nelson's survey will be designed to answer two questions which-though elementary-have never been answered before: 1) What does the U.S. have to produce to defend itself, to aid Britain, China, Russia and Latin America, and to satisfy its own minimum civilian needs at the same time? 2) How much does this represent in terms of raw materials, machinery, man power...
...pioneer, he was prepared to defend his narrow-gauge ideas from any and every angle. Narrow-gauge Pullmans would be an advantage, said he, because "the coaches would not be so wide as to allow the sleeper to roll with the movement of the train." Said a caustic newspaper writer...
...would take some 300 long-range antiaircraft guns to protect New York City alone. Sixty-one big anti-aircraft guns might be enough to put up a spotty defense of a city the size of Buffalo, N.Y. To defend Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, the rest of the crowded industrial Atlantic seaboard, would take thousands and thousands of these guns...
...Only by having a ring of Caribbean bases, and rapidly arming them, can the U.S. gain insurance against having to go south to defend South America itself. For if the Caribbean bases are well manned, well armed with guns, ships, planes, they will do much to make an attack on South America both difficult and relatively unprofitable...