Word: furtherance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last Fight. Enraged at this disturbance, Bummy roared, "Leave the guy alone!" When the gunmen showed no signs of following his advice he seized the nearest by a coat lapel, shoved him into position, then knocked him clear out of the joint with a murderous left. Unnerved, the other holdup...
His Reorganization bill, which six months ago asked for powers to streamline the overlapping, bureau-ridden executive branches of the war government, finally inched past the Senate. But its final form was still uncertain. Both the Senate and the House had made changes that galled the President (e.g., the Senate...
Although the two had disagreed on many things, they saw eye-to-eye on the events leading up to Pearl Harbor. Their testimony gave the most intimate account yet told of the fated diplomacy of 1941 : August 9-11. At the Atlantic Conference, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were confronted...
November 26. The objections to temporizing prevailed; Franklin Roosevelt abandoned his plan for retreat. Secretary Hull handed the Japs a ten-point counterproposal to the Nov. 20 ultimatum. The negotiations, as events eleven days later proved, were over. On Nov. 30 Churchill again urged the President by cable to warn...
Chungking, which three months ago was willing to pay a high price to get the Russians out, was now forced into the ironical position of asking the Red Army to hold Manchurian towns until Nationalist troops could arrive. Chungking papers reported that the Russians were willing-at a further price...