Word: offing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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On the political front Sweden showed signs of toughening her stand against both Germany and Russia. At week's end Foreign Minister Sandier, whose head has been demanded by both countries because of his "pro-British policies," still carried his portfolio. All but 50 members walked out of the...
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Norway, like Sweden, rushed reinforcements of arms, men and supplies to her northernmost positions, which would be threatened by the Russian capture of Petsamo. But with neither roads nor railways to the Arctic, Norway could do little to protect her iron mines at Kirkenes or her garrisons at Vadso and...
If weather and valor and Russian blunders are not enough, if Finland fails, if Scandinavia has to fight, its three nations can muster between them less than 1,000,000 men, of which Sweden would furnish more than half. The Swedish Air Force has some 250 planes, Norway's...
Home Secretary Sir John Anderson, a tight-lipped disciplinarian with a hard but twinkling eye, perfectly appreciates that the moderate whoopee requirements of Tommy Atkins on leave are all but irrepressible. Last week Sir John continued to maintain a firm laissez-faire stand toward London night life despite a great...