Word: pretended
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only a question of stars. It is the minor actors too. Taken together, they give a picture of American life that is varied, sometimes silly, sometimes worse than silly, but that is less silly than people pretend and is very seldom as silly or as dull or as misleading as Pétain...
Recent Berlin propaganda reveals that the two basic Nazi conceptions of Herrenvolk (the master race) and German Lebensraum (living space) have been shelved until further notice. The Nazis now pretend to have made the following concessions to Italy and other "allies" of the Axis...
Ever since June of 1941, when Russia became an unexpected ally, the U.S. has stepped gingerly around the great diplomatic complications, has spoken of it in doubletalk, has tried to pretend none existed. The British have signed a 20-year Treaty of Alliance with Russia...
Admiral Darlan claimed no direct credit for scuttling the French Fleet at Toulon; he did not pretend in this interview that he had ever thought of handing it to the Allies before they entered North Africa. Said he: "After the Armistice the Fleet had orders to scuttle their ships before allowing them to fall into alien hands. So long as I was in command, the order stood and was renewed from time to time. The current Laval government opposed that order. Therefore it was probably the Admiral [Jean de Laborde] commanding the Fleet at Toulon who issued the order...
Admiral King did not pretend that the "Combined Chiefs of Staff" combine all the United Nations. The fact that the U.S. and Britain dominate the Combined Chiefs of Staff makes military sense to Admiral King. Only the U.S. and Britain have the means to prosecute the global war. Russia is only a partial arsenal. There are more than 30 United Nations. Admiral King is no believer in trying to run a war by a show of hands. Said he last week...