Word: mention
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...among all the astringents put into requisition for the prevention of peace and order, none is so abhorrent as the censorial power. I may mention that the late message of the President of the United States was not regarded in all its parts as a safe document for Russian readers, and came to their hands scarred by the censor's knife...
...dislike even more to mention the third main source of the propaganda against the Government of China. A lot of it is approved, even inspired, by persons in our own War and State Departments. There are several reasons for this sorry spectacle. There has been a fundamental difference of opinion from the beginning between Chiang Kai-shek and some of our leaders as to the best way to fight the war. Chiang Kai-shek maintained we could not beat the Japanese from the air or from the sea; they must be beaten on the mainland of Asia...
...world organization. We can do no more at San Francisco than to establish the constitutional basis upon which the world can live without war-if it will." Preamble & Purposes. The original charter drafted at Dumbarton Oaks by the U.S., Britain, Russia and China had no preamble, hardly a mention of justice, almost no hint of human aspirations. It was the lowest common denominator of Big Power concessions. The charter writ ten at San Francisco contains a significant but at present unenforceable bill of human rights. The equality of all states is solemnly affirmed, although the whole structure of the organization...
Though his blast hit official Buenos Aires like a blockbuster, Correspondent Cortesi, when last heard from, was still at large. Only one mention of the story was made in the terrorized Argentine press, but the underground newspapers could be trusted to pass the word along...
What Is Character? Yet classroom proficiency comes second at West Point. First is the intangible called character. If you ask West Point graduates to define it, they will usually mention the Academy's motto: Duty, Honor, Country. Pressed further, they may describe it as the pilot light that touches off the spirit of a citizen army, or the force that inspires in that army at war an overwhelming sense of obligation...