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...recognize that our way of life cannot survive in a Nazified world, it is plain horse sense to crush the avowed enemy while we have freedom of action and an active ally. Let us not shrink from dirty work when we know it has to be done. If we do shrink now, the price we would have to pay later would be infinitely more fearful than any present cost, even if some of our democratic privileges were temporarily surrendered...
Even the signers admit "we cannot safely be indifferent to the outcome of the present wars," showing that they apparently recognize the impli- cations of the situation but shrink from facing them squarely...
When teeth are pulled, the vacant gums shrink slowly; months elapse before the absorption of bone is complete and the tissues are stabilized. Therefore dentists used to wait six months to a year before fitting false teeth. During the interval, the cheeks and lips caved in, the chewing muscles were weakened. The victim could hardly eat or talk, was constantly uncomfortable and embarrassed...
...audience knew, that his job would be the most difficult in Japan. He knew that in acquitting it he should never try to dominate these demagogues; he should use them. Quickly he came to the point: ". . . Though I am an older man than most here, I will not shrink from exchanging verbal blows with...
...began rapidly to decline, fell under Spanish rule for 60 years until a revolution in 1640 restored her independence. Napoleon drove her ruler to Brazil in 1807 and in 1822 that country declared its independence. Her possessions plucked away by oncoming nations, she saw her great empire shrink and her prestige wane. Her last king, an indoor sport who gave up all for Actress Gaby Deslys, was deposed in 1910 and after a short revolution a republic was proclaimed. Between 1910 and 1926, 40 Governments and 18 revolutions followed in rapid succession. Then the Army took control, placed General...