Word: lend
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Buenos Aires this week, Juan and Eva Perón braced themselves to lend an ear to the voice of history, look fate in the eye and shake destiny by the hand. The stage was set for at least 2,000,000 Argentines to gather in a vast, "spontaneous" outpouring, and demand that Juan and Eva run for President and Vice President, respectively, in the November presidential elections...
...Smith in 1928. Great friend and follower of F.D.R., he became the tame, showcase millionaire of the New Deal. Held several jobs in the early years of the Roosevelt revolution, mostly trying to soothe irritated fellow businessmen. Defense Expediter in London (1941) to speed the flow of lend-lease aid to Britain and Russia. Ambassador to Russia, 1943-46. Had monthly conferences with Stalin, probably knows him better than any other American (Stalin presented him with a white horse). In 1945, sensed the impending break in the U.S.-Russian wartime alliance, shocked the State Department by urging firmness toward...
...fourth time this year, sharply demanded that Russia hand back 672 lend-lease ships and settle up her $800 million wartime account with the U.S. (the Russians are willing to give up only two ships, both stuck fast in Siberian...
...topic "Thinking Ahead for Business" in terms of world problems and world markets, that it "is evident that the communists are bent on pursuing their objective of dominating the entire Asian continent as a part of their long-range scheme of world conquest; Their present activities in Asia would lend force to the popular belief that Soviet Russia is trying to get all of Asia first into its orbit in order to avoid having to fight on two fronts...
...they watch commercials at all, watch just to be critical. Middle Majority viewers (65%) are more sporting, will stay with commercials until they get bored. Lower Middle Class (23%) televiewers are apt to be most considerate. Because the advertiser pays for the program, they feel duty-bound to lend their eyes & ears to his sales message...