Word: joys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...give the devil his due: the picture was snapped by a German press photographer and first appeared in the National Socialist newspaper, Völkischer Beobachter, in the fall of 1938, shortly after the Sudeten "Anschluss." The Nazi explanation was that here were portrayed the intense emotions of joy which swept the Sudeten Germans as Hitler crossed the Czech border at Asch and drove through the streets of the nearby ancient city of Eger, 99% of whose inhabitants were ardently pro-Nazi Sudeten Germans at the time...
Last week on China's lucky "Double Tenth"-the tenth day of the tenth month-came the 34th anniversary of the Republic. In Shanghai, the populace went wild with joy released, and the city fathers spent $5,000,000 (about $7,000 U.S.) on street decorations. In Chungking, cheering crowds sang the unifying words of the new China's national anthem. For the first time in a decade they were not idle words. Peace had brought back a vision: a reunited China...
...Russia did not believe in strength through joy alone. All along her new borders she proceeded with the building of a new frontier...
Steve's pride & joy, Pitcher Hal Newhouser, was blasted out in the third inning. The old bones in his outfield, average age 34, creaked and groaned. Greenberg & Co. looked silly against Hank Borowy's careful pitching. Score: Chicago 9, Detroit...
...Joy, with Reservations. The U.S. public had greeted with joy MacArthur's promise of a reduced occupation army. Many Americans were all for aggressive watchfulness in the postwar world; not so many were willing to man the watch...