Word: entrenchments
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...leaders of the armed forces this was important. They anticipated the anguish which would arise when the people, now celebrating a victory, came face to face with new griefs and separations. They also knew, as military men, the importance of giving the last enemy no rest, or time to entrench himself against the final onslaught. Delay would raise the cost in American lives...
Where is all this monopoly-and-security-mindedness driving British business? Benton reported: "British labor leaders . . . are not opposed to monopoly. In fact, they join up with business leaders to entrench monopoly. Many of them state frankly that when the time comes to nationalize industry, it will be easier for the Government to take over big business...
...Confusion. The Wehrmacht had used the interim since Benito Mussolini's passing to entrench itself in strategic Northern Italy. If the Allies had been ready to invade at that time, Italy might well have fallen like a ripe plum. Now they would face at least organized German resistance. Now Italy may not only be fought over by the Allies and Germans, but perhaps be torn first by civil...
...Jesuit fathers superior in all parts of the globe can meet to elect a new general. In selecting an old man for the interim Father Ledochowski followed good Jesuit tactics in uncertain times. Had he picked a younger candidate, the vicar general might have had time to entrench himself before the election could be held. By picking a man whose age will disqualify him for the permanent leadership when the war is over, shrewd Father Ledochowski gave his order a free hand to elect then the kind of vicar general who can most efficiently handle the Jesuits' particular post...
Burma is a gateway to China's roads. If the Japs drive on to Mandalay-they were only 75 miles away early this week-and successfully entrench themselves in all northern Burma, they will have a new front on China's borders. But Jap conquest of Burma is mainly dangerous to the Chinese because of the great new land routes abuilding from India into China. The Japs choked off the Burma Road when they won Rangoon; if they win access to the northern roads, they might all but choke China...