Word: harshness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meanwhile, in the harsh highlands of Greek Macedonia, a force of 15,000 men banded together, cut the short-cut railroad to the Russian front, via Bulgaria, in five places and attacked two Nazi troop trains, leaving 225 dead & dying Germans. From crag tops they rolled huge boulders down into narrow bends, stopped traffic along the only motor road to Bulgaria...
...Harsh Toshio Shiratori, former political adviser to the Foreign Office, who has vocally loathed Britain and the U.S. for years...
...Guild decided for the present to remain unaffiliated with any union. There were no "harsh working conditions" to be alleviated, no wage-hour disputes. Before initiating a drive for new membership, the charter members brooded a bit as to whom they should admit to their group. Radio directors vary widely in ability and authority, including quite a few whose view of their calling is not ambitious. The Guild resolved to award annual "radio Oscars"-citations for outstanding work in all phases of radio, not merely in directing. Unofficially, members gave their approval to an interesting but as yet barely perceptible...
Wherever, whatever, whenever, it was bound to be harsh and huge. If it succeeded, there might be a wonderful long leave: victory, peace. If it failed, there might never be any of the good winter things again. This battle would be final...
...Stafford's job might still be done within the astounding two-week limit he had set himself. Otherwise the outlook was dark. It was late, Japan was near,* and Britain's generous voice might be drowned by the harsh conquering voices of Tokyo...