Word: doorsteps
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...been shaken by Kilian's threats. One of them: "I made you what you are today and I am going to hang you." Later, LoBuono said, he "had gained the impression" that Kilian "was trying to control witnesses for his own protection-to keep this off his own doorstep...
Signs multiplied that Moscow was disturbed at the growth of independence in the hinterland between Europe's east and west. The problem of handling a vigorous Opposition on Russia's doorstep called for more delicate treatment than the Kremlin was accustomed to prescribe...
...almost an hour President Truman listened hard to the arguments for extension of Lend-Lease. There were reasons for an immediate decision: 1) China had made a formal request for extension, and its Premier Dr. T. V. Soong was waiting on the doorstep (see FOREIGN NEWS); 2) Charles de Gaulle, reaching the door step this week, would doubtless bring up the question; 3) Britain, normally the best U.S. customer, could not buy heavily in the U.S. market without help in putting its own economy in order; 4) Russia, potentially a good customer, had already asked for $6 billion of postwar...
...that John Phillips brought home Cairo: "Guests of the hotel as well s officers of His Majesty's Forces are requested to refrain from abusing the privilege of the lifts" -and souvenirs that are pretty grim, like the fragments of a buzz-bomb that landed almost on the doorstep of the chief of the MARCH OF TIME's London office...
...Newburgh, eleven miles north of West Point, they were stopped about 11:30 for speeding. Explaining, they got an escort instead of a ticket. After a final pause at the West Point gate, they rushed to the quarters of the waiting Adjutant. There on the doorstep Woody identified himself, raised his right hand, took the oath as a cadet of the United States Military Academy - just eight minutes before the dead line...