Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...supply was shorter than that in the south, its regime unpopular with many of the people. But it had a Russian-equipped army at least 100,000 strong, and it did not have to contend with the confused intrigue of 200 political parties as Hodge did in the south. Nevertheless, there was still a chance, thanks largely to Hodge, that Korea would not become a Communist puppet state...
Last week, homeward bound with a headful of Americana, busy Barbara Ward was a little disturbed by some U.S. attitudes. Much of the U.S., she said, seemed to be in a mood to let the rest of the world go by. She hoped, nevertheless, that the U.S. would invest thought, action and $10 billion or so a year in world reconstruction. "It used to be sterling that made the world go round," she said. "Today it's dollars. The U.S. could save the world economically, but I'm not sure you're going...
...Communist-controlled General Confederation of Italian Labor called a general strike in protest against the Sicilian "massacre." In most cities, the strike lasted only a few hours. Nevertheless, it was a grim reminder that the Communists, through their control of Italy's trade unions, have the country's economic life by the throat. Before 50,000 workers at Rome's Basilica of Constantine, Communist Labor Leader Nazzareno Buschi cried: "The workers do not want civil war, but our enemies, and above all, the Government, must be warned...
...nimbly gets around Philadelphia by himself, manages to juggle three jobs and an avocation. "I work," he says, "at law during the day, insurance at night, radio on Saturdays, and blondes any time." He is doing all right in all his pursuits. Blinded in an accident at four, Bob nevertheless got a Phi Beta Kappa key at the University of Pennsylvania, became a national intercollegiate wrestling star (captain of the Penn team, three times second-place Eastern medalist...
...first film since The Great Dictator (1940), is the story of a middle-aged French bank clerk who loses his job during a depression. Tenderly devoted to his invalid wife, his little boy, and their security, and disastrously ill-equipped to fend for them in a prolapsed economy, he nevertheless manages to set up in business for himself. The business: murder...