Word: horizons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Goodness, do we not know what they would do with the destiny of our nation? . . .") Land must be "equalized," and capital "controlled." Warns Mao: "Whoever dares to turn in the opposite direction will . . . get his head broken against the wall. . . The sun of the new China appears on the horizon, we clap our hands and hail it. Raise your fists, new China will be ours...
Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 9:30 p.m., ABC). O'Neill's Beyond the Horizon, with John Lund and Richard Widmark...
...Westbrook Pegler. Mrs. Roosevelt's reply: "Why should they bother to horsewhip a poor little creature like Westbrook Pegler? They would probably go to jail for attacking someone who was physically older and perhaps unable to defend himself. After all, he is such a little gnat on the horizon...
...Harry Truman had never pretended to a great grasp of foreign affairs. Unlike his predecessors, he depended heavily on his advisers. Since the humiliating Wallace fiasco, he had been grateful that he could leave policymaking more or less in George Marshall's hands. But Harry Truman's horizon was growing. A few months ago, at a private dinner, General Marshall rose in his place, looked straight at Harry Truman, and waited for silence. Then he said with deep seriousness: "The full stature of this man will only be proven by history, but I want to say here...
...popped up above the tropical horizon, glared, and began to blaze. Sharks cruised patiently beyond range of the shark repellent on rafts and life belts. Some of the men on the rafts vomited as they rose and fell on the sea. There was constant turmoil as men resting on the rafts traded places with men clinging to their sides...