Word: schemed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...force to keep the peace, Commissioner Moses came down hard. Force cannot take the place of patience, persuasion, and cooperation, he insisted; our armed forces will never willingly spend the next 20 years as pawns in an international army; Congress will never back such a fantastic scheme to take away its power to order out troops...
...were elected he could say that the people at a solemn referendum had voted him a blank cheque to control our world relations without Congress. . . . Does the Times really think that an affirmative two-thirds vote of the United States Senate could be obtained for this fantastic scheme...
Hitler, who sometimes knew a good soldier when he saw one, gave Rommel a free hand with the "Plan Sud"-the Rommel scheme for securing an African-Middle Eastern German empire. On the Baltic shores Rommel simulated desert conditions, trained the Afrika Korps with superheated barracks and artificial sandstorms. By March 1941 he went to Libya, to pull the faltering Italians out of defeat...
Wonderful, Epoch-Making. Britons were delighted. The press greeted the plan with a roar of approval, pushed the war off the front pages to make room for it. The Times hailed it as "an epoch-making document," the Daily Express as "a wonderful scheme." Only sour note came from the 5,700 approved benefit societies and from the industrial-insurance companies whose activities will be curtailed, if not abolished, by the plan. Said a spokesman: "We shall fight...
Tuxedoes or summer formals may be worn by the men. The dance will last from 9 to 12 o'clock and will be held in the House dining hall with a unique spotlight system highlighting the decoration scheme. All members of the resident staff at Adams House have been invited by the Committee. The "Football Formal" will be the third social function presented by the Gold Coasters this season and will be the last for the summer term...