Word: firming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lull between peace conferences the U.S. could look back with a sense of achievement to the mission accomplished by patiently firm Jimmy Byrnes; it looked ahead with confident hope to General Marshall in the even tougher job ahead...
...weeks of play in the inter-House Squash competition, the winner of which receives the Bernon S. Prentice Cup, have been completed, and play will be resumed next term. Adams has a firm grip on, the A' league top position with a 13 and 7 record, although it is in last place in B league where Eliot is out in front, having won 11 and lost 2 games...
...people, as seeking "no aggrandizement, territorial or otherwise." At almost every international gathering since then, American diplomats have steadfastly and admirably insisted on being the protectors of dependent peoples and non-self-governing areas, sometimes without much practical success. Especially since the institution of the Byrnes "patient but firm" policy toward Russia, rarely have the men of the various nations' foreign ministeries met without the U. S. representatives excoriating the Soviet Union for its actions of international bad faith and suspicion on this point. The American finger has been pointed at the Russians, often shaken under their noses for their...
...House Naval Affairs subcommittee, in which statement not once did these Congressmen so much as allude to the trusteeship system, while even ignoring the United Nations as an interested body in its proposals. In population and area, these islands are indeed insignificant compared to the states now under the firm control of other major powers. But, if the main strength of America's position in the world is to rest on something more than military might, it can ill-afford to brush off remarks about the inconsistency of her stand in an annoyed mood of indignation...
...working-days in 1946 were well out of the way; as the year opened only 1,600 (see below) were on strike. Furthermore, the price line had been held. Looking at the U.S., Canadians could feel smug because their own prices, under orderly decontrol, had stayed fairly firm. They were up only 6½% in the last 18 months, and business was excellent...