Word: need
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When would the British act? Said a Briton: "There is no need to hurry. There is no election in this country until...
...Palestine after their leaders' boasts and promises. Of the 135,000 soldiers, many of them ill-trained, in the armies of all the Arab states, perhaps 40,000 could be spared for Palestine just now. Even they had arms and supplies inadequate for a long campaign. In their need the Arab states turned for help to the little king in Amman, whose force had been built with British subsidies, arms and advice...
...Wild Adventures." Abdullah's reins would likely pull him up short of that grand design. But few supposed that he would peaceably give up the Arab parts of Palestine. That might, indeed, fit British hopes for the Middle East: they need a secure corridor from the Mediterranean (probable outlet: Gaza) through friendly Hashimite kingdoms to the oil and bases of Iraq. As long as they hold Abdullah's purse strings, they will try to hold Abdullah to this more modest plan. Said a British official in Amman last week: "The Legion will be very prudent. We want...
...School here would be the logical place for such an institution, Dean Griswold pointed out, because of its prestige, both international and national. Its library he cited as unparalleled anywhere in the world. "What we need are the funds and the facilities to go ahead...
...month ago, Pan Am and Panagra carried their fight to Congress. They pointed out that Braniff had asked for airmail subsidies of $3,000,000 a year, 22 times what it had originally estimated it would need. Last week they made a last-ditch effort to get CAB to hold new hearings...