Word: good
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...though the Foreign Ministers Conference would never end; this week, finally, the conference unraveled itself and managed to adjourn. The limited agreement reached between the West and Russia was largely a declaration of intention; as such it would please those who have any faith in Russia's good intentions...
...Good as this argument is, determined as Cripps is that there shall be no devaluation, it may come anyway. The very talk of devaluation persuades Britain's potential customers to postpone orders in the hope of being able to pay for them later in cheaper pounds...
...Americans, led by kindly, goateed Consul General Angus I. Ward, within their consular compound, denied them radio facilities, branded them as "espionage organs." Last week, after seven incommunicado months, Angus Ward finally got a letter through to the U.S. consul general in Peiping. His staff was safe and morale "good." But Angus Ward had no word as to when & how he could follow Washington's order of last May-to leave Communist Mukden and its bamboo bars...
...Liberal party, in power since 1935, an unruffled electorate was all to the good. Under Canada's British-style parliamentary system, the Liberals could call the election any time before their five-year term ended in 1950. They had picked the June date as the best one. It was too early for farmers to be upset by any threat of a crop failure, too soon for most voters to be deeply worried about Canada's darkening business outlook. Most important of all, the June election gave the fighting Opposition Leader, George Drew, the shortest possible time to organize...
...U.S.S.R., the burly baritone orated: "In Eastern democracies [i.e., the Soviet satellites] the people are happy and singing and are trying to build for peace-while I have to be met by a police squad*... an interesting welcome." As for Europe, "I found nothing but friendliness and good will for the workers and progressives in America." But "I found no liking for the Marshall Plan among the common people. I found ... a feeling in Europe that some people on Wall Street are trying to dream up a war." Furthermore, Robeson told reporters: "Everything I said during my tour of Europe...