Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...make history instead. The last letter in Volume II is one he wrote to Mama from Warm Springs during the 1928 presidential campaign for Alfred E. Smith: "I spoke in Atlanta twice last Wednesday and there is an appalling amount of vile propaganda in circulation ... I have had a difficult time turning down the Governorship [of New York], letters and telegrams by the dozen begging me to save the situation by running, but I have been perfectly firm...
Chick, who had progressed from stealing milk bottles to shoplifting, told why it was difficult to stop: "When you're used to having money in your pocket, you'll always want it. When your pocket's empty, it's got to be full. It's sort of like an automobile-can't run without gasoline." Frank explained what happened to $500 he'd stolen: "I gave $10 to my mother and told her I won it in a dice game. And I gave $10 to my brother . . . And the rest, I-I went...
China's size and its lack of communication will mean a long and difficult task of reorganization for the Communists, says Fairbank. The Communists recorgnize this and it appears that they desire to gain power over China gradually in order to cope with civil problems...
Relations with a Communist China will probably be difficult at first. At present, the Chinese Communists have a very unfriendly attitude toward the United States. But, said Fairbank, the propaganda, which at first was merely a series of lies denouncing the United States, has now become less bitter. This, Fairbank feels, might be an indication that the Communists will deal with this country when it becomes expedient...
Reorganization Difficult...