Word: fears
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chinese diplomat a decade ago, "if you Chinese develop Turkestan. But if you permit Turkestan to become a second Manchuria, we must act to protect ourselves." The Soviet Union suspected Japanese designs on Soviet Central Asia itself. Also, in Russia's mind there lingered the ancient Czarist fear of British influence working out from India. To the Russians, it seemed that the British Consulate at Kashgar might be almost as dangerous as the reported Japanese advisers of Ma Chung-ying. There were other reasons for the Soviet fear. White Russian troops, remnants of the legions of Annekov Dutov, still...
...that time Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's far distant Central Government was at war with Japan and all its energy was absorbed. For Sheng Shih-tsai, the problem was simple. He represented the minority race in a vast region surcharged with racial and religious tension; his immense fear of Japanese imperialism grew as Japan drove farther and farther into the heart of Asia. Without help, he could not maintain himself. Thus, from 1934 to 1942. he leaned ever more heavily on the U.S.S.R...
...Ruml insisted that businessmen who fear a so-called "compensatory" fiscal policy because it implies vast Federal deficits in bad years should remember that such a policy also calls for public debt retirement in boom years as a brake on the overexpansion of private industry...
...bonds, reduction of short-term debt, etc.) than "hot" ones (cash and demand deposits)* He believes that the average U.S. citizen is going to want to hang on to a lot of his wartime savings, at least until he can find real value to spend them on. His real fear is that industry will unwittingly upset the applecart. His reasons...
Lassie's remarkable portrayal of exhaustion, fear, resolution were produced simply by Trainer Weatherwax's verbal commands. Roddy McDowall and Lassie had nothing to do with each other, off the set, until it was time to shoot the home-coming scene. In preparation for that, Lassie spent a week with Roddy at his home, then was taken away and isolated the night before. Since Roddy was the first human being Lassie was allowed to see the next day, the dog was delighted to greet Roddy and the scene was strictly a one-take affair. Some ice cream smeared...