Word: foreignism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pope did bless Francisco Franco, but in these words: "We send from our hearts the apostolic blessing, propitiator of divine favors." At TIME'S Foreign News editor and checker, raised eyebrows for misapplying the Pope's words about St. Salvador da Horta to Generalissimo Franco; to TIME'S Roman Catholic readers, an apology...
...Like the Scott Resolution three weeks ago, the Nye Resolution apparently had the tacit approval of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. With the President still off on his fishing trip, Secretary Hull decided to delay his shot-in the form of a note to be sent to the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee-until his partner could return to advise him in effect what kind of club...
...this was well-known modern history, but not the sort of thing the Cabinet officers of one nation say about another. The reaction, as expected, was brief and bitter. Said a Foreign Office spokesman for Japan: "Regrettable." Said the semi-official German Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz: "The German nation does not want lessons from any quarter on the subject of national freedom, self-determination and its best interests." Wrote Mussolini's spokesman, Virginio Gayda, in Giornale d'Italia: "We should like to believe his words were never uttered, but if they are authentic they constitute...
...optimistic view of the future is warranted," said Foreign Minister Koki Hirota in Tokyo last week in a warning to the Japanese people to "prepare for possible extreme personal financial sacrifices...
...Sheean, "is that Italy and Germany will have to make a renewed effort, a further expenditure of men, money and material, if they hope to win this war. The resistance of the Spanish [Leftist] people is incalculable. The very babies raise their clenched fists in the air against the foreign airplanes...