Word: questionmark
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fifth birthday came round, the British, like the Germans, were tired. Buzz-bombs were worse than the blitz. And Britons worried over the look of the world to come. For Poland, even victory would mean a national tragedy. For France, it was a vast questionmark. Ever since the blitz failed the British had known that victory would one day be theirs, as the Germans after Stalingrad and North Africa had glimpsed the spectre of defeat. And they knew something else-at once comforting and alarming...
...compromise candidate of the Left is Juan Antonio Ríos, an ambitious, seasoned Radical politico. The Popular Front, which leaked badly during President Aguirre's administration and went to pieces at his death, has been patched up and should carry Ríos to victory. A big questionmark, however, is Chile's independent electorate-a full quarter of her voters. Many of them are small businessmen who did not like the last Popular Front administration. If enough of them should swing to Ibáñez, neither candidate may get a clear majority since there...