Word: northern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Sicily to the North Cape of Norway, the first days of spring brought clearing skies to Western Europe. Snow (enough for good skiing) lingered in northern Sweden, but in Stockholm people lounged at noon on steps and benches, tilting their faces to the new sun. One spring night last week at Josefsberg in the Russian Zone of Austria a Red Army soldier had a quarrel in a nightclub; he came back later with a Tommy gun, sprayed the dance floor with bullets, killed the band leader and a customer, wounded more than a dozen. In Britain, country fields shone...
...Moscow, the Red Fleet accused Swedish General Helge Jung, commander in chief of the Swedish armed forces, of trying "to use the Swedish armed forces as an appendage of the American military machine and to subject the foreign policy of Sweden to the expansionist activities of the U.S. in northern Europe." Izvestia warned Norway that "the Marshall Plan holds nothing good for Norway except that it endangers her independence and is fraught with her complete subjugation to foreign imperialists...
...tell you, my dear comrades," he said, "that never since I joined the revolution have I been called on to make such a decision. ... On account of the contributions we made during the northern expedition and the war of resistance, the foundation of the republic has been greatly strengthened. The idea of democracy has become a popular sentiment. In these circumstances our party does not need to keep the post and honor of the presidency. . . . We can entrust to a person outside the party the grave responsibility of making the constitution a living thing. Only in this manner shall...
Today's match will provide the season's first northern competition for the Crimson, which lost three straight is Dixie during the Easter vacation. It is B.C.'s opener...
Fifty Americans will be hired for work in the various harvest camps, Richard said, and must be prepared to go anywhere in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland. He estimated that they will be able to earn enough to permit a two-week holiday in Britain after the summer's harvesting...