Word: formalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other hand," he continued, "should the Axis believe it to be to its interest to attack Brazil, it would undoubtedly do so whether a formal state of war exists...
Despite the formal division, the volume is an organic whole, fitted together with the care of a Byzantine mosaic-maker. Here is a historian who deals intimately and knowingly of economics, ethics, and politics, and who is able to shatter the artificial barriers between them. Here is a Briton with the moral and intellectual courage to admit that his nation has lost her position of world leadership. Here, above all else, is an academic man without an academic mind...
...commander's hunch, left the main U.S. forces and flew west from Midway to hunt the enemy. They found him: an overwhelming force of three carriers screened by a fleet of cruisers and destroyers. There was no time to wait for fighter protection. Squadron No. 8 said the formal Navy communiqué later, "proceeded to attack at once without protection or assistance of any kind...
...like Donald Nelson, Leon Henderson and Sumner Welles, who are showered with invitations but accept very few. Because busy men have to be caught on the run, socialites now hold late-afternoon cocktail parties and buffet suppers, where busy guests can pop in for a quick one, instead of formal parties. One of the most popular functions is an open-house buffet luncheon served every day by Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, widow of the late New York Congressman, in her mansion near the War and State Departments...
...training which will start this week will be informal, formal practice not being scheduled to begin until September 1. As a result, Harlow's job is, primarily, to get a line on Freshman material and, secondly, to work the kinks out of former Varsity squad members who are present for the second half of the summer session...