Word: exert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...short, even-tempered Elmer Davis had decided that he had a new boss: he was no longer working directly for the U.S. people but for the U.S. Government. He was not going to exert the authority which he had (under the Executive Order which created his job) to make the Army & Navy loosen up on information. He did not choose to fight for it. But he had made the services admit his right to consult with them about news releases. And already he had showed that he could get something from them that way. The question was: Could...
...Tokyo as the objective. This is direct war in its simplest form. Because the successive fronts are narrow, Japan's advantage in numbers would not prove decisive. Because of the wild nature of the northern Nipponese islands, the resourcefulness of the anti-Japanese forces would be able to exert full pressure. All the means whereby Japan marched south could be employed here for another march south, but against Tokyo." Expert Kiralfy sees the invasion of Hokkaido taking place not only from Sakhalin, but via the Kuril Islands, which continue the Aleutian chain. "American carrier planes and bombing squadrons based...
...believe that by mutual trust and spirit of cooperation alone may we be able to exert the maximum power of our nation and bring about the victory...
Best barometer of the climate of collaboration is the state of relations between the U.S. and Vichy. Only so long as collaboration remains a matter of words can Washington exert its influence to prevent collaboration from edging over into active alliance. Moving on diplomatic tiptoe, the State Department explored the apparent change in the weather, asked Vichy whether rumors of aid to Rommel were true. Though Vichy's answer was not released to the press, the State Department called it "definitely unsatisfactory." It looked as though the bottom had dropped out of the barometer and collaborating Vichy would soon...
...understand that we are to have compulsory athletics at Harvard. I am afraid I shall have to avoid these, for though my patriotism is undimmed, it will be impossible for me to exert myself in my present condition. This condition is, of course, due to the sparsity of food, in particular to the lack of the great calcium bearer, milk...