Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seen as much of the war around the world as any American civilian-and she had very strong ideas on the nature of the catastrophe into which the U.S. and the world had been betrayed by a variety of follies and stupidities. She wanted a more vigorous war effort and a more intelligent foreign policy after the war than the U.S. had had before. The voters of the Fourth Congressional District (one large industrial city, Bridgeport, several smaller ones, and farming and commuting towns) were a little dubious about such a fighting lady but were glad to vote for someone...
...desperation move, this announcement constitutes a tacit admission on the part of the University that it is no longer capable of providing quarters for all of its students. Every trick in the bag, including the re-classification of every room in the Houses, has been used in an effort to house the human torrent that will flood over Harvard next month...
...that UNRRA cease operations in Europe by Oct. 1 for lack of cash, he stirred up a whirlwind of protest. Seven small nations, backed by Russia, pleaded that UNRRA aid be continued. Said Poland's Hilary Mine: "Those who suggest liquidation remind me of architects who, after great effort, build a house but stop short of a roof...
...would admit 100,000 (preferably skilled industrial workers) in a year. However, Brazil was ready to receive only 1,000 families by Oct. 1. Other Latin American countries were "exploring the possibility" of taking in refugees. In the U. S., richest of all the D.P.s' dreamlands, no serious effort to revise the narrow quota immigration system was being made...
...demonstrations. The Christian Family Defense Front sponsored such slogans as: "Beware of saboteurs of the home and family-down with divorce!" which appeared on Italian walls. The church, however, was not Francale's only opponent. Rita Montagnana, wife of Communist Leader Palmiro Togliatti, expressed her party's effort to live down its principles: "The majority of women, particularly women of the people, are against divorce." Russia, she pointed out, now put a premium on family stability. Her conclusion on the proposed divorce law: "Why should we Communists-who are for democracy-endorse this aspiration of a minority...