Word: great
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...double trucks are impressive. But if all national advertising copy had been as dull, boring and obtuse as in your series, the great American mass production machine would have ground to a halt long...
Chicago's Loop was clogged with honking automobiles and pushing shoppers; the Indianapolis street railway had to put every last car in service to handle the great crowds, and Seattle had one of the biggest downtown traffic jams in history...
...against the greater threat of the East. "Civilization is in danger," he said, "because of a clash between two conflicting moral codes: between Communism and Democracy . . . As a Christian soldier I declare myself an enemy of Communism and all that it stands for. Unless this danger can be held, great trouble lies ahead...
Such common purpose among Western democracies was far more important than technological advantage or more atomic bombs, Monty insisted, and it might mean "some small loss of sovereignty for the common purpose." But, said Montgomery earnestly, "the premium is not very great. The dividend will be enormous-it will be peace and freedom...
Adventures in Manhattan. Somewhat to the surprise of his welcomers, he also proved to be a thoughtful, articulate spokesman for Iran's modernization plans and its need for economic and military help from the U.S. He took great pains to explain that he was not "an Oriental potentate, but a modern, liberal, constitutional monarch whose powers . . . are somewhat less than those [of] the King of Sweden...