Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Senator Warren Austin, New York's Representative James Wadsworth -dropped identical bills into the legislative hoppers. The small black type of the preambles read quietly: ". . . to provide further for the comprehensive, orderly and effective mobilization of the man power and the woman power in support of the war effort...
...Knox then read a passage from the communique: "The increased activity on the part of the Japanese indicates a major effort to regain control of the entire Solomons area. . . ." He then commented: ". . . 'indicates a major effort to regain control.' Well, that may be so. But it would appear to be only an indication, only a speculative proposition. We don't know exactly what they are planning...
...atmosphere of disaster blanketed the Reich last week. The Nazis decreed three days of mourning for the 330,000 German soldiers who had fought and lost at Stalingrad. Through press and radio the Germans were barraged with exhortations to put forth their greatest effort to hold back the danger from the east. In London and Washington Allied leaders cautioned their people against taking the signs from the Reich as too hopeful indications of an early collapse. But signs were there...
Lucky Jordan (Paramount) deals with a question that seems to trouble some scenarists: where do U.S. gangsters fit into the war effort...
...line between suppression of news and criticism whose promulgation would actually endanger the war effort and suppression solely because the criticism is embarrassing or inconvenient to some public group is admittedly difficult to draw. But it must be drawn with as much care as the line determining the freedom of the press, of speech, and of assembly. Holding cheesecloth over the mouth of radio commentators could very conceivably lead to the complete cutting off of all "derogatory opposition," first to the war in general, then to the particular military strategy of the day, and finally to any disagreements with...