Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...silence in the council to snarl: "It is useless to think that the U.S.S.R. delegation will bite at this bait. It is naive to believe that the U.S.S.R. delegation will stick to the glue which has been spread over the piece of paper which is now called the Berlin question...
...dismantling. The Briton argued 1) that it would violate treaties, thus weakening the West's case against Russia, and 2) many of the plants would be more useful in other countries than they would be in Germany. The first point could be argued endlessly; the second is a question of fact, to be investigated plant by plant...
Upshot of the Bevin-Hoffman talks was that preparations for dismantlement would continue, but that actual removals would cease until a U.S. committee of experts had examined the case of each plant with this question in mind: Will it contribute most to EGA if left here or if taken elsewhere? Mr. Hoffman mentioned the case of a plant making cuckoo clocks. "Personally, I'm in favor of letting the Germans make cuckoo clocks...
...Change of Attire. Over the smiles, the flowers, the bubbles, hung a question: Just what is this new Commonwealth? Not the old one, that was sure. Most prominent and respected man at the London conference last week was Jawaharlal Nehru, who had spent 14 years of his life in British jails; for this he held no grudge against Britain, but for his lifelong struggle he certainly had no repentance. Nehru, on arriving in London, changed his long black sherwani for a Savile Row suit. He looked well in a Homburg...
...Since we're Ridlon the subject let's get down to the Brennan question of the hour," said the assistant, Fitkin the subject to his mood...