Word: growing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Imagine the great Election night when it is discovered that the 48 states are deadlocked in a sort of Hayes-Tilden stalemate. It is the 49th State of the Union which holds the decisive balance. How feverish the crowds in Times Square grow as the slow returns pour in! "Seven districts in Hammersmith give Wallace a plurality of 54," with James A. Garfield and Aaron Burr trailing badly. Then the grand finale in Trafalgar Square, with Landseer's lions magically changed to eagles at the touch of Henry's wand, and all the fountains playing pure Coca-Cola...
Some months ago, when Henry Wallace had taken over the editorship of the New Republic, Kingsley Martin had sent a routine congratulatory note and asked Wallace to come to England some time as his guest. When Wallace accepted, the "thing" had begun to grow. Martin had to turn over his own secretary to cope with the invitations for speeches; he assigned a special man to press relations...
Certainly the British, led at Geneva by Sir Stafford Cripps, have distinct reservations about freer trade. Once Britain grew one-third of her food, imported the rest. Now, says the Government, Britain must grow two-thirds, because (in the view of the planners Britons elected) the nation must buy less abroad if it is to stabilize its economy. Grain raised at home costs more, but the supply is more "secure...
...creation of a Moslem state. Prominent among them was the suave, thoroughly Westernized Maharaja of Kapurthala. Though a Sikh, the 74-year-old Maharaja shaves and cuts his hair, in violation of the Sikh ban on removing any hair from the body. But now His Highness, seeing Indian independence grow near, is trying to gain the friendship of the Sikh community. Recently he celebrated the baptism of his young grandson, who drank sugar liquid mixed by five Sikh priests, chanted Sikh hymns, and swore never to shave or have a haircut...
...assert that Truman's policy breaks down the U. N. is incorrect, Wriston replied. Rather, he maintained, it gives the international organization a chance to grow and gain more strength. "The time limit of 15 months on American action to Greece and Turkey will give the U. N. time to wax stronger. We give it added momentum," he asserted...