Word: overruning
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...Hurry. But China's chief worry last week was her military future, on which everything, including her economy, depended. That was worse than dim (see FOREIGN NEWS). Communist forces had overrun just about all of northeast China, were extending a throttling grip on the whole nation...
...Gimo's choice. There were roots of distrust reaching back to 1929 when Li led a brief defection of Kwangsi generals. But his strong words made him a rallying point for all the non-Communist dissatisfaction in China-intellectuals, army officers, northerners whose lands had been overrun by the Reds...
Exactly how the novel managed to see the light of day at the very moment when Hitler was preparing to overrun Europe remains a mystery. Some critics have speculated that Juenger's close connections with German army leaders saved his book and his skin; others felt that the Nazi censors were unwilling to admit they had been asleep at the switch. In any case, On the Marble Cliffs remained a thorn in the Nazi side throughout the war. When the Russians were attacked, they translated and published it-though its denunciation of tyranny fits more than one foot...
...Greece, the Communists, with military help from their Slav comrades across the borders, were winning. No matter how much purely economic aid the U.S. put in, the Reds could probably overrun Greece whenever they decided to try hard...
...their luck to find the rich mine just when European supplies of tin were running out. Soon Bolivia was overrun with tin-hunters. When Simon foolishly agreed to sign away the mine for $350,000, iron-willed Albina knocked the pen from his hand...