Word: musts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Zionist was discussing the future of their country with an immigrant newly arrived in Israel. "We have a great task before us here," he said. "We must make of Israel everything that Moses foresaw for the promised land." "Indeed we must," said the newcomer. "We must make a Switzerland of Israel," the oldtimer went on. "East and West may fight all around us, but we must keep ourselves detached from it as the Swiss have done with their policy of strict neutrality." "Yes, yes," said the newcomer. "We have few natural resources, but we must develop specialized industries and skills...
Father Lombardi spoke first. He said: "It is either in Communism or Christianity that humanity must find a solution . . . There is much good in Communism . . . but the good there is in you, Mr. Spano, comes from your being Christian not Communist . . . We aren't opposed to Communists who expect social betterment . . . but the purely materialistic view which discards spiritual values, leads to the dictatorship of a single class and to the concentration of this dictatorship finally in the hands of a single man . . . May Christianity enliven all that is Christian in Communism...
...stand for God, Church and my country," he said. "When compared to the sufferings of my country, my own fate is unimportant ... I am not accusing my accusers. If, from time to time, I must cast a light upon conditions, it is only a revelation of my country's surging pain ... I pray for the world of justice and brotherly love; I pray for those who, in the words of my Master, know not what they are doing. I forgive them with all my heart...
...League. Last week his cabinet gave its consent, and this week Parliament voiced its unanimous approval. The rest of the Arab world howled treachery. Next to a strong Israel, a bigger and stronger Abdullah was the last thing they wanted. Cried Azzam Pasha, spokesman for the Arab League: "We must continue fighting to liberate Palestine...
...defend the Yangtze," an old Chinese proverb runs, "you must defend the Huai." While Nationalist attention was focused north of the Huai last week, two of Communist General Chen Yi's agile columns (about 30,000 men) slipped over the muddy stream, struck at the Nationalist rear. At points less than 60 miles from Nanking the raiders tore up several sections of the government's single-track rail line to the front. Temporarily, at least, all land communications were cut between the capital and its last effective defense force...