Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enough for Walter Judd. He blamed the U.S. for consistently undermining Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government. Acheson countered that the Chiang government was corrupt, that U.S. military supplies inevitably fell to the Communists without a real fight. Then Judd assailed the State Department's long effort to sell China a coalition government. Said Judd: "The Chinese knew then, and it took us a long time to learn, that coalition with Communists means the death of the government." After an hour and a quarter of it, Acheson's icy diplomatic composure failed him. His face flamed, then...
...There is going to be, I believe, a longtime conflict between the Communist way of life and the capitalist way of life ... If an effort is made to get along peacefully, Russia might find a lot in the capitalistic system that could be of service...
After Laval. Frenchmen have known for a long time what many of them like to forget: that, in case of a war in which France and Russia found themselves on opposing sides, the French Communists would do their utmost to hamstring the French war effort. The novelty was that the comrades should flaunt their treasonable intentions so openly...
...Army and Yale have too much power," Mikkola admitted yesterday. He added that with an all out effort, the Crimson might surprise some of the other seven teams entered. "My gosh, I tell you we've just got to go out there and fight," Mikkola said. "If we do, we might take third place...
...pleasure to report that last night's concert by the Harvard-Radcliffe orchestra was a great improvement in every way over their effort last spring. The program was more coherent, each member played with interest and serious attention, and, most important, the group became a cohesive unit, devoted to getting music across...