Word: disregards
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...probable," stated Professor Cross, "that the Germans will extend their operations to Sweden very shortly. This action should aid, rather than hamper, the democracies, however, since they will be able to campaign in Scandinavia with total disregard of political frontiers and the British chances of cutting off all ore shipments to Germany from the Kiruna field will be measurably improved...
Degging her is disregard the Harvard indignity," he Brookton police force yesterday invited Ann Sheridan glamour girl of the screen and arch-enemy of the Lampoon, to attend their annual ball...
...waging economic war with more ruthless disregard for neutral rights and international law, the Allies may offend neutrals obliquely without bringing them into the war. Last week's detention of two Russian freighters in the Far East was strong Allied provocation of Red Russia, but was scarcely calculated to lead to hostilities. Even if it should, the new Allied attitude seemed to be that they did not care...
Blandly the British Foreign Office took note of Minister Colban's protests, but did nothing about them. Last month Britain announced she would disregard the juridical role of the World Court at The Hague. Instead, she now recognizes the rule of reprisal: if Germany breaks a law, Britain will break one. Not yet have British submarines adopted the German policy of torpedoing even neutral merchant ships without warning, but Britain let it be understood that she would not be stopped by technicalities of international law so long as no neutral lives were endangered. And last week the Allies...
President Lincoln was led to disregard that counsel in July, 1861, and as the price of haste saw the Federal columns come streaming back in defeat from Manassas. General Lee steadfastly declined to espouse the offensive until Virginia was mobilized, and as his reward was strong enough in June, 1862 to drive McClellan from Richmond...