Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Power. Why the delay? The fundamental reason was the fact that the U.S. has been in psychological retreat from China ever since the end of the war. Secretary of State George Marshall had never reconciled himself to doing business with a Chinese government which he considered corrupt. Furthermore, his policy was to give Europe top priority which had been U.S. policy during the war. Right or wrong, he considered the Far East situation secondary...
Juan Bramuglia had learned the painful lesson anyone learns who tries to make Russia see reason...
...shortage of good young fighters was certainly acute. In gyms and fight clubs the U.S. over, the hard-eyed operators who make boxing their business scratched heads and tried to figure out the reason. After World War I there had been no dearth of fighters: there were Dempsey, Paul Berlenbach, Jack Delaney, Young Stribling and a raft of others...
...simple feature of the ballot: the blank marked "Name". A student voting for Dewey in a straw poll will willingly sign his name to his ballot; one who would otherwise vote for Wallace may refuse to when the ballot is not secret. And he may have excellent reason...
Economy was a big factor in planning the new center because a rigid budget of $3,000,000 was laid down by the Corporation, but low building costs were not the main reason for choosing functional design; the architects considered such factors as the scale of other buildings in the area, the "spirit" of the older architecture at Harvard, and the atmosphere that College buildings should represent...