Word: expression
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shot down over Germany shortly after their honeymoon. Last week she learned that the Red Army had freed him from a prison camp in eastern Germany. Mrs. Walters' feelings were uncomplicated by politics or protocol. So she sat down and wrote a letter in which she managed to express the simple gratitude that many similarly uncomplicated Britons feel toward the Russians. She addressed her letter simply to Joseph Stalin Esquire, Kremlin, Moscow: "Dear Marshal Stalin: My prayers have been answered and now what more can I say than thank you, Mr. Stalin, and thank you, all you gallant...
...Russian drive slowed as it approached the Oder. An unseasonal thaw made the going tougher for Red Army vehicles. Magnificent Autobahnen (express highways) enabled the Nazis to switch reserves quickly from one threatened spot to another. But the respite was only temporary. All along the Oder's east banks tremendous Russian forces were gathering like water behind a dam. German propagandists demanded a last-ditch stand, coined a slogan, "Victory or Siberia." Best bet: Siberia...
Said the Daily Express' famed Beachcomber: "The Allies were not surprised, because they knew the possibility of a surprise attack. What surprised them was that the Germans thought it worth while to make a surprise attack ... in view of the fact that we knew that they would try to surprise...
...proceedings were in English and Arabic. The prisoners had refused to testify in any language but Hebrew. Because they distrusted the court interpreter, they later switched to English. Impatiently they admitted their acts. As Sternists and "sons of Palestine," they had come to Cairo for the express purpose of killing Moyne, they said. Tsouri and Hakim had leaped on the running board of Lord Moyne's car. Hakim had shot the Minister, Tsouri had stabbed his chauffeur to death. Then the prisoners began to expound the Stern credo of violence. They justified the assassination...
Many a thoughtful resident of Washington and New York City, designated by Admiral Ingram as the most likely targets, was inclined to take him seriously. So was the London Daily Express, which advised that the Germans would do it for "malice and vanity," as well as to help the Japanese. But an anonymous spokesman for the Navy Department in Washington countered with this equivocal statement...