Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Which Is It? The President's message was Page One news and good fodder for editorial writers and plain citizens. Some saw it as a wise and forward-looking extension of the New Deal. Others took no sides, but thought the plan deserved thorough study. Still others, sick & tired of having government do things for folks that they might be doing for themselves, took a dim view of Harry Truman's adventure...
When the dishes were cleared, the office door stayed closed. The trio talked tensely, often sitting forward while cigaret butts piled up in the big tray on the desk. The door did not open until 3 o'clock...
...finds the Communists neither well-trained nor well-disciplined. Of the battle at Shankaikwan, which breached the Great Wall, he says: "It was only a skirmish." General Tu expects to reach Mukden (190 miles from Suichung) within two weeks. By week's end, his troops lunged 60 miles forward to Chinhsien, a key rail junction, where the Communists had tried to dig in. General Tu is almost certainly overconfident; he expects to have all Manchuria under control by Christmas...
...final form, the plan was largely of U.S. origin. Prime Minister Attlee's great contribution was his insistent urging that some agreement be put forward...
...Batavia peace talk, Sjahrir demanded at least a guarantee of eventual independence. The Dutch would not give it. Further talks were scheduled, though agreement seemed remote. Meanwhile, the British seized Semarang in central Java after nationalists murdered three officers there. At Surabaya Britain's Indian troops inched forward after nine days of bitter fighting...