Word: destroyed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...democracy doesn't everyone accept the people's vote? The wide eyes widened. "You know, I've read about people like you, but I have never met one. We don't believe in allowing fascists to use democratic machinery in order later to destroy it. We have seen what it brings. We want democracy, but if any fascist gets elected by hoodwinking the people, we'll shoot the sonofabitch, like this-" And Stenia swung her Tommy gun around as if firing a deadly burst...
Bernstein: Jeremiah Symphony (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein conducting, Nan Merriman, soloist; Victor, 6 sides). The Kid Wonder and a mezzo-soprano destroy Jerusalem. Performance: good...
...watched them dump brand-new tanks, each equipped with a toolbox outfit that left nothing to be wanted, over a cliff. . . . They saw thousands of crated brand-new jeeps being burned . . . and you can't get a jeep to drive with on the island. The orders are: 'Destroy before the civilians get 'em.' They say they're doing a better job of 'burnt earth policy' than when the Japs took over. Maybe they're doing the right thing. I don't know...
...been given to labor's claim that it was fighting a sinister capitalist plot to destroy unions and break up the American system. Labor's charge that industry could and would sit on its haunches all year taking its profit from the "carryback" provisions of the tax law, was also shaken...
Charlie Wilson was still fighting an ideological battle, contending the U.A.W. was out to destroy free enterprise. But the battle had turned into a simple haggle over prices and wages, and Mr. Wilson was a very lonely man indeed. As long as the steel strike remained in force he could, if he wanted, sit out his own strike without fear of being dangerously outstripped by Ford and Chrysler. But once the steel strike was settled, G.M. would have to get back to work or watch its competitors take over the market...