Word: henchmen
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Responsible men who have talked with Stalin all come away with the conviction that he has the fixed determination to destroy Hitler's Army and to punish, man by man, Hitler's henchmen. He has, they say, a fanatical desire to keep hammering the Germans, to keep them rolling, never to let them get set for a counteroffensive. Some say he wants to raze Berlin, as so many Russian cities have been razed. They are unanimous in believing that there is no thought of a negotiated peace in his stubborn mind. They are satisfied that the reason...
...history ... would be a crime comparable, in my opinion, with the burning of the books by the Nazis. . . . Burn your books-or, what amounts to the same thing, neglect your books-and you will lose freedom as surely as if you were to invite Hitler and his henchmen to rule over...
...Among his closest henchmen, Franklin Roosevelt was forced to concede another casualty: there were reports that unpopular Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. would be replaced, as tax spokesman, by Economic Czar James F. Byrnes...
...rising from the broad athletic fields and somber halls of West Point has been "revenge" over since the fall term opened some weeks ago. But Yamashita and his henchmen are not the only targets for this military wrath, for Harvard's own Dick Harlow comes in for a major share of the determined anger of the plebes and upperclassmen...
...Still Had the Votes. The air-conditioning fizzled; the ballroom became an oven; delegates shed coats, opened collars. Jim Farley, seeking comfort, had an outside freight elevator drawn up to an open door behind the platform. There he sat on a gilded ballroom chair, fanning himself with a newspaper. Henchmen and enemies walked over, whispered, walked away...