Word: gird
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...serve our nation is not a duty; it is an honor. We must gird our loins for the struggle to come. In time of peace we must prepare for war. There are times when even the most peaceful of men must fight fire with fire. The fate of civilization hangs in the balance...
...this juncture last week that the U.S., belatedly but determinedly, turned. In his flat, Missouri accent, President Truman at last lifted the nation from its easygoing "grey mobilization" into the first real phase of total preparation. In the setting of Christmas time, Christendom's mightiest nation began to gird itself in earnest to face the prospect of total...