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...Cyprus. Turkey, whose 440,000-man army is the West's strongest bulwark in the area, was so badly in debt that last summer private oil companies cut off its supplies until the government pays in cash. Cyprus itself, linchpin of the NATO area defense, was seething with pent-up troubles which the Greek radio, speaking for a shaky government, urged on in the apparent hope that recriminations against Britain and the U.S. would alleviate discontent at home...
...Shame, shame!" bellowed outraged Bevanites. "Withdraw! Let Nye reply!" Burly Arthur Deakin, chief of the Transport and General Workers Union and Bevan's frequent antagonist, lumbered to his feet to demand that Donnelly be allowed to continue. Bevan's pent-up anger and frustration burst. "Shut up," he hissed savagely at Deakin. "Shut up yourself!" yelled Deakin. "You big bully!" cried Bevan. "You're afraid of him," snapped Deakin. "Bully yourself!"-accompanying this last thrust by what one newspaper called "a gesture not usually used in polite society...
...when great technological advances in spindles and looms elbowed antiquated New England plants into obsolescence. In normal times these plants would have been forced to shut down. But World War II kept the demand climbing, and every plant hummed with war orders. At war's end the pent-up demand from abroad brought a new flood of orders, and the Korean war also gave it a short-lived boost. Thus, for more than a decade, the demand for textiles has been artificially high...
Brazil's pent-up pressures had been building almost from the day in 1950 when Onetime Dictator Getulio Vargas swept to power in an astounding election comeback. Strangely enough, the strongman who had once bent 40 million Brazilians to his will turned out to be a donothing President. He worked hard but ineffectually, giving so much time and energy to political maneuvering that almost none was left for establishing the leadership that he, of all Brazilians, might have proclaimed...
Tensely, the assembled Allied command looked to Ike for decision. In such weather, airborne and amphibious landings could be disastrous; the storm, resuming, might isolate the leading elements cross-Channel. On the other hand, a fortnight of delay would demoralize 2,000,000 pent-up troops, tangle intricate plans, and perhaps tip off the Germans. The conference lapsed into silence while Ike briefly pondered the dangers. Then he looked up, his face brightening. "Well," he said...