Word: latters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pugilists and swordsmen in the Houses will meet in the latter part of March, with the ring prelims on March 12 and the epee matches scheduled for March...
...Flags. Prime Minister Clement Attlee offered Burma a choice between full independence and Dominion status, pointing out that the latter was not "independence minus" but "independence plus." The Burmans settled for an interim government much like India's. They won some concessions: 1) control of their own finances and troops; 2) an election in April for a Constituent Assembly...
...could say (but none could prove) about Hardy was that he might have weakened under the thing the whole Resistance had dreaded: torture by the Gestapo. The Communists could add: he had been a member of the Resistance's right wing. On the former charge, but for the latter reason, the Communists now demanded Hardy's head...
General Marshall himself arrived at 10 minutes before 8. On a cold concrete apron, wet with melted snow, a cluster of photographers and dignitaries were waiting. Among the latter were Ambassador Stuart, Premier T. V. Soong, Chief of Staff Chen Cheng, Communications Minister Yu Ta-wei, Foreign Minister Wang Shih-chieh, General G. Q. Huang, Communist spokesman Wang Ping-nan. It was all very casual and informal-no ropes, no visible guards; everyone intermingled...
...Scotty Reston got a big tip. In an artful story in Tuesday's Times, Reston passed it along without confirmation: "... some observers . . . believe [that] General Marshall may be asked to replace Mr. [Dean] Acheson with a view to succeeding Secretary Byrnes if, as has been reported, the latter also plans to retire...