Word: posi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blamed the governments of nations which "still have what to the famished people of liberated Europe must seem like the wild est sort of luxury." And these govern ments were not living up to their commitments. Describing the complete con fusion into which UNRRA's supply posi tion had fallen, Lehman said: "Availabilities change hour by hour and it is now practically impossible to plan any long-range program and fulfill it." Unless sacrifices were made, he implied, the win ter's "fateful deadline" might well bring starvation, political unrest and violence...
...enter World War II because Britain would not grant the "just demands" of the Italian people for "freedom from fear." This ancient outcry comes from a Mussolini-bred national psychosis that Italy has al ways been kicked around, instead of being boosted by helping hands to No. 1 posi tion in the world. Its effectiveness could be judged by a recent flood of letters to Washington protesting the bombing of Italian cities...