Word: defenders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Government strategy seemed to be to let the Communist blows at the communications lines spend themselves, defend the main cities: Changchun, Szepingkai, Mukden-then sally out to restore the lines once more...
Militarily, the Arab states alone are a poor second to the Jewish Haganah of 75,000 well-equipped men, many of whom saw war action in Allied armies. General D'Arey, a recent British military commander in the Holy Land, stated that Haganah could defend itself against all external Arab forces for at least one year. Although Arab military manpower approaches 100,000, the quality is poor and it is considered significant that the one force capable of serious military action is the British-trained-and-officered Trans-Jordan Arab Legion...
...week, Illinois, Minnesota and Pennsylvania banned him from their rings. The National Boxing Association had not yet taken action, but declared itself in favor of "rejecting any participant in boxing who has not fulfilled his trust to his country." Rocky would have a tough time finding a place to defend his crown...
...achievements of Liberalism both in the field of politics and personal liberty and in social justice and public welfare are ignored," Karpovich argued. He emphasized that he was not at any time trying to defend the old time Manchester type of Liberal...
...papers given to her by a friend of Eisler's, a "perfectly honest person," who thought that the case had not been examined carefully enough. Wrote Mrs. Roosevelt: "Why not do it all over again and bring it out in the open and let [Eisler and his wife] defend themselves...