Word: musts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President was outwardly determined and confident. He was not motivated merely by stubbornness. He had grown to like the job which he had once considered an overwhelming burden. He felt that a challenge had been thrown out and that he must meet it. In 1940 most political observers had counted him out as a candidate for re-election as Senator from Missouri, but he stuck out the race and won. He felt that he was in a comparable situation...
...battle of Berlin mingled many others, in various accents, all saying essentially what the G.I.s were saying in their own way. Said Ernest Bevin in the House of Commons: "None of us can accept surrender." Replied Harold Macmillan, speaking for His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition: "We must . . . face the risk of war . . . The alternative policy-to shrink from the issue-involves not merely the risk but the almost certainty of war." In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall said: "We intend to stay...
...than the West's. They were simply beating against the West's weakest salient to win either its surrender-or the even bigger prize of a new conference, with Ruhr coal on the table. What could the U.S. do about it? Washington's diplomatic counterattack-which must strive not merely for present Russian withdrawal but for guarantees against future assaults-could start with a formal protest to Moscow (which was being readied this week). The next possible steps: U.N. discussion; economic sanctions, including the closing of the Suez and Panama canals to Soviet ships; a diplomatic break...
...Fair." Over soggy Berlin, the roar of the planes continued. The City Assembly heard it when, led by tough little Mayoress Louise Schroeder, it defied the Russians and sent an appeal for intervention to the U.N. Communist Boss Wilhelm Pieck heard it when he told party leaders that they must fight the "infection" of diversionist elements. "In the last three weeks," cried Pieck, "you have lost all the popularity you have gained in the last three years." And the children heard the sound, and feared it, for it stirred memories of bombings not so long ago-children like twelve-year...
...Major Hollywood studios sustained a major headache when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that: 1. Producing companies must sell their theater holdings...