Word: farthest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When a U.S. contractor set out to build a building or a road, he ordered cement from as many as ten plants. The nearest might be next door, the farthest 1,000 miles away. But when the cement was delivered, it all came at the same price, no matter whether it had been shipped one mile or 1,000. The "multiple basing point system" worked that...
...nations which had been hardest hit by World War II (e.g., Britain, France, Belgium, Italy) were ready to go farthest in international cooperation. The nations which had suffered least (e.g., Sweden and Switzerland) acted as a brake. Apparently suffering was the surest solvent for stubborn nationalism...
...nature, rejoices in it, and gives himself unhesitatingly to life, with no thought of the survival of his own immortal soul. Of Christianity, humanism, and Marxism, he automatically preserves whatever is proper to his nature. When Author Whyte wrote the book he thought that Russia had perhaps gone farthest in the direction of a unitary society. Since that time, he says in the preface, he has concluded differently: "World order implies a unity tolerant of diversity; truth, justice, and the welfare of man depend on individuals with the courage and opportunity to express their varied opinions...
...when the man in the market gets his connection, he can have no idea of how long he should properly wait for his prospect to be fetched. At Wellesley, the trek from the phone to the farthest room in Severance Hall covers slightly over one-eight of a mile...
...Doktrina): a principle according to which all warfare must be transformed into action in the rear by all the means, tactical and strategic, at the disposition of the Red Army. Three-dimensional warfare offers new scope for this principle. Large armies can be landed by air in the farthest reaches of the enemy's rear lines; such forces, in addition to destroying vital industrial centers and occupying strategic points, would also constitute a kernel for civil...