Word: failed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There are those (myself included) who hold that the "iron curtain" hides great weakness. But what many of them fail to realize is that Hitler's Germany of the "phony war" period likewise was far weaker than most believed...
This example, based on a salary of $2,699 in Class Eight is very misleading, as the largest group comes under Class Six. If I took the time to make a comparison between the new retirement plan and Social Security. Therefore, I fail to see anything in the law to prohibit Harvard University from giving its employees something as good as Social Security. George A. Porter
...fundamentally one for men's minds. The effort must, therefore, be made by ideas which appeal to the aspirations of men's souls. With such ideas we will win; without these all the money and Cominterns and 'cloak and dagger' services in the world will fail...
When Alcide de Gasperi cast his vote after a one-day rest in Capri, his wife said: "I hope my husband will not be the Premier again. He is so tired." Said he: "We will not fail democracy." Then he went off to Castel Gandolfo to bowl with some of his friends among the local peasants. He was losing badly when a sudden rainstorm broke up the game...
...pattern established in Poland for controlling foreign publications. Officially, there is Government censorship of all foreign publications, but Government policy allows almost all publications to pass the censor so that freedom of the press can be claimed. The real censorship is exercised by the state distributing agency, which can fail to distribute any publication it dislikes...