Word: proclaimed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Under the uneasy eyes of Jap gendarmes, 200,000 gathered in Seoul, the seaside capital. At two hours past noon, in thunderous mass unison, the people whipped forbidden banners into the air, shouted "Mansei!" ("Long Live Korea!"). In Pagoda Park a committee of 33 read a declaration: "We herewith proclaim the independence of Korea...
...broad Russian hints that they reorganize their Government, purge it of outspokenly anti-Russian influences. The British may find it impossible to chivvy their Polish allies into a change. The Russians may seek contact with whatever Polish elements the Red Army uncovers as it moves into Poland proper, proclaim these elements as the true Polish Government with or without the inclusion of the Communist Union of Polish Patriots in Moscow...
Fortnight ago Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress for authority to proclaim the Islands' independence "as soon as feasible." With the odds still heavily on Japan's side, the propaganda battle for the Philippines...
Stalin's Voice. These men proclaim no policy on their own. Their job is to advise Stalin, who makes the final decision. But these men are of the mold which produced Stalin himself, and their thought patterns are his. Once Stalin approves of a policy, it is announced in Foreign Commissar Molotov's dull, stammering monotone...
...loot and robbery, brought him dubious fame and control of 18 villages-one for each wife-and wealth which he is sinking into Turkish gold and British sovereigns and real estate in Latakia, Damascus and Aleppo. Thus it is that, backed by 15 or 20 thousand rifles, he could proclaim himself 'god' and make the people believe...