Word: parts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long, grueling march with a Yugoslav Partisan guerrilla column campaigning against the Nazis in 1944. Tito awarded him the Order of Merit. Later, when the Marshal was made "Hero of the Yugoslav People," Phillips was the only foreign guest among the 24 people at the ceremony. For his part, Phillips says he gave Tito the first can of American beer he had ever tasted...
...agreed among themselves that steel's profits were large enough to absorb the full cost of the pension and welfare plans. Nevertheless, Steelman Fairless was on firm ground when he insisted that this was a matter to be thrashed out at the bargaining table. That was a part of the original agreement...
...been separated since their marriage on Guam in 1913. Major Hornbostel made an instant decision. When his wife was sent to the National Leprosarium at Carville, La., he went with her. He prepared to stay for life, settled down near the hospital grounds. The aging couple spent a great part of every day together...
...sacrifices involved in devaluation would be wasted if production costs were allowed to rise. By this he meant that appeals for wage increases must be rejected. The alternative would be "unemployment . . . bankruptcy . . . fear and misery." Nevertheless, wage-freezing in the face of rising living costs was the bitterest part of his message for home consumption...
...garden of friendship. Unique in history is the place of a dominant world power which gave way, without defeat in war, to a new dominant power and accepted the role of helper and next friend of the new leader. Such a transition is not accomplished without pain and tension. Part of Sir Oliver's job is to ease the pain, to save face for his government. In the recent monetary crisis that led to the pound's devaluation (see above), Sir Oliver performed, behind the scenes, a masterly job of transmitting the U.S. pressure for devaluation...