Word: fates
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...falls the task will not be done. They are in the Pacific war, too. But, regrettably, it can never be so real and near to the people of Britain. For them, the great task left will be the task of peace. In that task, they know, is wrapped the fate of Britain, her Empire and-to the extent that Britain shapes her world...
Summed up Colonel Dyess: "The American and Filipino soldiers would not have surrendered had they known the fate in store for them...
...stand up against the ghastly reality of Bolshevism. The liberal hope of an intelligently adjusted international order of compromise and arbitration could not stand up against the expiring incompetence of the League of Nations. And each new vision of a world brotherhood was weighed down by the tragic fate of its predecessors...
...Finland the clock stands at 5 minutes to 12. Every Finn knows that the war must end with Germany and Finland the losers. Like characters in a Greek tragedy, foreseeing their own destruction but unwilling or unable to lift a hand to stay their fate, the Finns hold to their stand toward Russia: peace only on conditions satisfactory to Finland...
...Argentine products, Great Britain sorely needs them. Even a temporary loss of Argentine beef might be a real blow to the British (and to the millions of Americans now eating in Britain). Loss of Argentine hides and dairy products might also make the British hesitate, as would the probable fate of their enormous investments in Argentina. Thus the great uncertainty is: How far can or will the British...