Word: established
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dominions and the French Republic," but it was pointed out that "no peace proposals are likely to be found acceptable which do not effectively free Europe from the menace of aggression" and that, since Hitler had double-crossed them before, "something more than words will be required to establish the confidence which must be the essential basis of peace...
...With that in mind, the first emergency conference of the Western Hemisphere's nations moved swiftly to build within that wall not only a "citadel of democracy" but a joint economy. With overseas markets wiped out overnight or too dangerous to reach, the 21 representatives agreed to establish in Washington for the duration of the war a committee empowered to act rapidly in all emergencies to lessen the war's effects in the Western Hemisphere-and, more significantly, to give counsel to their Governments on joint means of stabilizing currencies, of developing untapped resources, of acting generally like...
These agencies will have the tasks of directing the flow of materials, controlling prices, securing cooperation from industry, and administering foreign trade. They would also establish government corporations to assume business war-risks not reasonable to impose on private firms, as, for instance, supplying war credits, shipbuilding, power development, and war risk insurance...
...lone Crimson first-place winner was Howie Mondel, who tossed the 16-pound shot 47 ft. 11 in. to establish a new meet record. The other two American firsts were provided by Jay Shields and Tom Lussen of Yale in the 120-yard high hurdles and pole vault, respectively...
...peer one of the toughest, one of the most delicate, of Britain's wartime jobs. It was one of the undeveloped "shadow ministries." Lord Macmillan had to organize a staff to sift and relay war news after war news had already begun to come in. He had to establish censorship after censorable news was already jamming the wires...