Word: mundum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...started by disliking General George Marshall, his opposite number in the Army, though he later found much to admire in him. He bucked Secretary Frank Knox. He distrusted and openly fought Secretary Forrestal. He was proud to find himself a minority of one at an allied conference-"King contra mundum...
...sacrifice of national sovereignty, i.e., the national Socialist's sovereign right to plan as he pleased. No one could blame the Schuman Plan's supporters if they reached the conclusion that it had become a matter (in the words of the London Economist) of "Socialism Contra Mundum...