Word: parts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Explanation. Last week Prime Minister Attlee, aware of the Communist part in the strike, explained things to the House of Commons. Unloading the ships with troops would mean giving over to the wildcat strike leaders the power to decide what ships would be worked. Said Attlee: "It means that a group of irresponsibles can call a ship 'black' if it comes from a particular country with which a particular clique happens to be on bad terms. It may be France one day; it may be Yugoslavia another...
...feel ashamed to be back in Canton under the present circumstances of retreat and failure. I cannot but admit that I must share a great part of the defeat . . . I am appalled at the existence of gambling and opium smuggling in Canton under the very nose of the government. [But] we must hold Canton, our last port . . . the last place from which we can use both our navy and air force ... I am ready to perish with the city...
...haven't gone crazy yet," he added. Argentina's President was assuring a group of Brazilian newsmen that he had no designs on his neighbors. "It has been said that we want to resurrect the old viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata [which included Uruguay, Paraguay and part of Bolivia]. When they say that, I always say: 'We have lots of land and we don't need any more...
...improvised altars in the dormitory halls, then went on to lectures and field demonstrations on crop rotation, irrigation and rural sanitation. What they learned in their month's stay would be passed along with their sermons and ministrations at outposts in 16 Brazilian states. The course was part of the university's effort to teach Brazil its biggest lesson: how to grow its own food...
...final round, Betger squared off against a fellow San Franciscan, Ken Towns, 20, student at San Mateo Junior College and part-time handyman about Crystal Springs golf course. The policeman's tee shots, true all week, began to go awry and his putter couldn't have been colder if it had been on ice. Towns closed out the match on the 33rd hole...