Word: pearled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...competition from others of south ern California's indigenous religionists was tough and he got little recognition. Finally in an excess of zeal, he announced that U.S. planes with Japanese colors had bombed Pearl Harbor on orders from the "hidden rulers of the world." He was arrested, convicted of sedition, sentenced to five years in prison. "Mankind United" collapsed...
This understanding did not deter him from sanctifying the invasion of Manchuria in 1931, the invasion of North China in 1937, the blow at Pearl Harbor in 1941. The totalitarian forces which had shaped his state shaped his place in it. The westernized elder statesmen and their successors-men like Prince Konoye and Baron Hiranuma-were pushed into the background by swashbuckling generals and admirals, like Kenji Doihara, Hideki Tojo, Isozoku Yamamoto. Hirohito's most intimate counselors in the Imperial Household, nobles like the Marquis Kido, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, and ex-Grand Chamberlain Kantaro Suzuki...
...After Pearl Harbor, radio moaned quietly over its censorship clamps. Last week, after V-E day, there were no particular shouts of. joy when some of the clamps were relaxed. Radio had patriotically toed the line and found, to its surprise, that listeners were not missing much. Now, for better or worse, the customers could again tune in: 1) full weather forecasts; 2) man-in-the-street interviews; 3) record request programs...
...weeks before Pearl Harbor, John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers ended a six-day strike. Its aim: to extend the union shop to the captive mines owned by the big steel companies. But the dispute lingered on until John L. got a settlement to suit him. The date...
...inventories, thus nip any hoarding. Actually, there may be little reason to hoard. Last week, steelmen told WPB: war-expanded steel plants are now big enough to supply all the steel needed for the Japanese war and still have left more than the whole civilian economy used before Pearl Harbor...