Word: proclaimed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Faced by this feeling, Hitler might even try to force a peace. If he conquered Russia, he might propose to stop fighting. He might proclaim his long-awaited European Confederation, begin producing his long-touted New Order, stand before the world as the organizer of Europe. He might make trade offers to Latin America, count on do-nothing sentiment in the U.S. and Latin-American pressure on Britain to soften up the U.S. and Britain for appeasement...
...right, authoritative Catholic voice last week against any idea that Hitler's war against Russia was a holy crusade. Two months ago this same bishop-the Most Rev. Joseph Patrick Hurley, who was dispatched from a Vatican post to St. Augustine, Fla. last autumn - was the first to proclaim Naziism a worse enemy than Communism...
Southern operators did not improve the chances of a settlement when they bought space in the country's newspapers to proclaim that the wage differential was not the chief reason they had refused to sign a contract with John L. Lewis' miners; the chief reason was to prevent Lewis from becoming "dictator of this country," and they asked the public to help by writing Washington. Whatever Lewis' ambitions, there was little in the Southerners' citations to support their charge. Wrote Columnist Dorothy Thompson, after reading the ad: "There ought to be something like...
...What we want is a short, clear creed, acceptable to the decent common man everywhere, that will act like a trumpet call. Then we must proclaim it everywhere. ... If we fought with ideas as well as weapons, we should not only help to construct a world worth living in, but also shorten...
Backed by seven parliamentary votes, opposed by 293, he could not risk an election, and prevailed upon George to proclaim martial law and dissolve Parliament. In the face of violent public wrath the King argued, "Little John gets things done," and slipped off for a fortnight until his new premier had proved his mettle...