Word: reckoner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cold, hungry, beaten France, the France that had lost even hope, last week was a world power to reckon with. For in Madagascar France held one of the world's most vital seaposts (see p. 15). In her Navy she held the balance of world naval power...
...fall of Singapore opened the Indian Ocean to the Axis. The escape of three German ships from Brest meant that the German Fleet was something to reckon with. The wavering of Vichy reminded the world that France's Fleet is the balance of the world's seapower. The strength of Field Marshal Rommel in Africa, and Winston Churchill's admission in his speech that "the Mediterranean is closed," showed that the Italian Navy was not exhausted...
...last week, while the memory of President Aguirre was warm in the minds of Chileans, his party's candidate would have been almost a sure winner. If time further divides the Leftist elements and brings the Rightists together, General Ibáñez may be a candidate to reckon with...
When the first ghastly day was over, Honolulu began to reckon up the score. It was one to make the U.S. Navy and Army shudder. Of the 200,000 inhabitants of Oahu, 1,500 were dead, 1,500 others injured. Not all the civilian casualties occurred in Honolulu. The raiders plunged upon the town of Wahiawa, where there is a large island reservoir, sprayed bullets on people in the streets. Behind the Wahiawa courthouse a Japanese plane crashed in flames...
...agreement was recalled: if any of these three powers is attacked by an outside power, the three signatories must confer and decide whether the case comes under Article 3. Tokyo brass hats knew that any move south, despite Admiral Lützow's pleasing picture, would have to reckon with heavily garrisoned Singapore and, most probably, the U.S. Fleet...