Word: prevails
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Indians Prevail...
There was, he conceded, a difference between Americans and Britons on the matter of Communist China. "There are many Americans who think that China is more important than Europe. It certainly would be a great misfortune if that line of thought were to prevail ... At all costs, avoid being sprawled about in China. That is and has always been our basic policy." He had been among the first to suggest diplomatic recognition of Communist China, Churchill recalled. But ". . . if you recognize anyone, it does not mean that you like them. We all, for instance, recognize the right honorable gentleman...
...Sometimes," he admitted, "they go astray. They quarrel and cut each other's heads off, which are deplorable occurrences that should be stopped. But even so, it strikes me as perhaps a little better than the more evil practices that prevail in cities." For himself, said the Prime Minister, he "would prefer any day to be a nomad in the hills than be a member of the stock exchange and sit there and listen to those frightfully ugly noises...
...allies want to preserve occupation laws which prohibit a revival of cartels; the Germans consider this an unacceptable limitation on their sovereignty. Compromise: occupation laws will prevail until the West Germans pass their own decartelization laws. If the Germans start fudging, the allies can summon a five-member international board whose decisions will be binding...
...welfare of the American people." Harriman, the pleasantly haggard millionaire who has been a New-Fair Dealer since he became an NRA administrator in 1934, stepped forward to do his best. He spoke in loud, firm tones: "Foreign and domestic policies are indivisible ... If the voices of hesitation prevail, we would destroy what we have built and we would be on the road to World War III ... The Republicans never change, they voted against everything that has made this country strong in the last 20 years." But as Candidate Harriman sat down to polite applause, no blazes of political fervor...