Word: rebuilding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tradiciones Peruanas was a tradition and a classic himself before he died in 1919 at the age of 86. He had fought against the Spanish at Callao and against the Chileans at Miraflores. He was once editor of the great Prensa in Buenos Aires, and returned to Lima to rebuild the National Library which the Chileans had pillaged...
...after long discussions with the best sources, is that the British policy is to let the people decide. One check for this view is Foreign Minister de Gasperi, who pointed out that if Britain were set on a monarchy, an attempt would have been made by the British to rebuild the Italian Army. This they have not done...
...Dusseldorf they talk of rebuilding the entire city in five years. First, they will fix up the Opera House and the theaters so that the dreadful monotony will be relieved. Then they will rebuild the least damaged apartments, finally the houses...
...cities in the 100,000-population class." Osaka had had it, and only ten square miles of Tokyo's 60-sq. mi. industrial area was left intact-one year after the first B-29 raid on Japan. Unlike Germany, Japan lacks the time, technicians and industrial savvy to rebuild ruined factories quickly. Said General LeMay: "It is just a matter of time before we get everything of value in Japan...
Although the war in Europe is over, U.S. manufacturers are-and for some time will remain-frozen out of the British market by exchange restrictions. For Britain, in order to rebuild at home and recover her export markets, intends to use her limited dollar resources almost entirely to buy vital food and essential raw materials. To U.S. firms anxious not to lose their British customers to British competitors, the alternative is to manufacture in Britain...