Word: failed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington it was believed that Stalin would try to dissuade General de Gaulle from joining a European bloc, would urge that French interests will be fully safeguarded by the proposed international security organization of which France will be a full-fledged top member. But General de Gaulle could scarcely fail to point-out that though the skeleton of the international organization was set up at Dumbarton Oaks, some important points had to be settled before that organization could come to life...
...perennial U.S. wedding hymn, Oh, Promise Me, comes, as younger people often fail to realize, from Robin Hood, an operetta of the Mauve Decade. Robin Hood was revived last week on Broadway after 12 years, in the spirit of its original Chicago production by "The Bostonians...
...engineers" had to run a gauntlet of Jap snipers, take time out to fight back with Tommy guns. Hastily repaired bridges sagged dangerously, tigers sometimes trespassed on the right of way. But since the first run on July 18, the train has gone through every day, without fail...
...important industrial nations also achieve full employment. Depressions, he states, as well as prosperity. are spread by multilateral trade. Other prerequisites for the ideal system: stable tariff and monetary policies. If multilateral trade cannot be secured on these conditions, then Britain should aim at regional arrangements. And if those fail, it is better to make bilateral bargains with raw-material producers. Whatever the form of trade, Sir William foresees increased Government control of capital, exchanges and imports. To stabilize purchasing power in agricultural nations, and thus provide steady markets for British manufactures, he advocates long-term contracts for the purchase...
...most thorough examinations yet of Johnson and his friends. His biography, jampacked with Johnsoniana, is no specialist's study: it is for the general reader, who may find parts of it?such as the chapters on Johnson as critic and philosopher?slowgoing. But he can hardly fail to enjoy the lovingly collected abundance of anecdotes and sayings which are Johnson's rightful claim to fame...