Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Douglas MacArthur's show from beginning to end. At precisely 9:08 MacArthur stepped forward, removed a handful of fountain pens from his pocket. He started his signature, then handed the first pen to the gaunt soldier standing by his left shoulder. General Jonathan Wainwright saluted stiffly, accepted the pen, and stepped back. The next one went to Lieut. General Arthur E. Percival of Singapore...
...almost unbroken silence the ship's crew assembled as witnesses and watched one delegate after another affix their signatures. Grey, overcast skies had hung over the ship all during the ceremony. As the New Zealand delegate stepped forward to sign his name as the last on the list, the skies parted and the sun shone bright through the clouds...
...MacArthur hesitated a moment after the final signature. Then he stepped forward and said slowly: 'Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always...
Atomic Reaction. The Kremlin's reaction was of almost atomic intensity. Cried Commentator Karl Hoffman in Red Star: "It is significant that not a single Labor paper has opposed the conceptions put forward by the Times which are difficult to fit in with the common task of the Allied nations to ensure a firm peace. . . . A prescription has been found [by the Times]; eastern tendencies must be opposed by western ones, and for this purpose elements in western European countries who are displeased with the new democratic arrangements of eastern Europe and who are now dreaming once again...
...kept there in peace. As soon as the flow drops to two-thirds of capacity, then costs per barrel rise above that of tankers. Unless the RFC can prove differently, there may be no buyers for its $146,100,000 property. Last week it put its best sales foot forward. It cut Big Inch's per barrel price to tanker levels. But even if the pipe lines are shut off for good, they will have saved the U.S. $100,000,000 in rail costs, almost as much as their total cost...