Word: facing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...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 whitened. He picked up his papers, stuffed them into his case and snapped: "We are not getting anywhere." That was how the Republicans felt about...
...killed a bill to take the pillowcase off the face of the Ku Klux Klan. It had extended civil service protection to a number of state boards, all of them manned now by Talmadge men. It had left juicy highway contracts to be farmed out by the governor and kept home rule from the cities...
From time to time, his voice broke. Again & again the tall (6 ft.), robust man broke into tears, wiping his face with his handkerchief. "Believe me," he sobbed, "I am ashamed to beg for mercy. Give me a chance to correct my errors . . . Never in Bulgaria's history was there so much religious freedom as now . . . Christians and Communists are two brothers who have bypassed each other, but they will find each other some...
Minus the services of Jerry Murphy, sharp-shooting first string forward, the freshman basketball team will face Boston College at 3 p.m. today in the Indoor Athletic Building. B.C. will be the toughest opposition Lloyd Harper's men have had to cope with since they played Holy Cross on December...
...Ulen's men are determined to upset Michael's prediction. Joe Fox, Bill MacVicar, and Mort Hull will be out to stop McIntyre in the 100, and Chuck Hoelzer and Larry Ward will face Bruch in the breast stroke. The meet may ride on their shoulders...