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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...many Canadians disturbed at the thought of U.S. troops permanently based in Canada. Few if any Canadians would regard this as a foothold for U.S. aggression. Nevertheless, the Canadians, who refused Britain permission to establish R.A.F. bases in the Dominion as late as 1938, want to go slow. (Actually the question of stationing British troops in Canada would probably raise much more furor.) They want to be sure there is no infringement of Dominion sovereignty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: The Plan & the Snags | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

...France, the worst damage had been done in the Cherbourg-Calais-Rouen triangle, during the slow, crunching offensives that set up the U.S. breakthrough. Caen had felt Montgomery's massed artillery, but its nth Century Abbaye-aux-Hommes survived. Rouen Cathedral was the only major French church in partial ruin, but it had not been "nearly so hard-hit as Reims was in World War I. From Saint-Lõ forward, U.S. guns had chopped down church steeples to blast out snipers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Europe's Loss | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

...least excuse he'll slow 'er down...

Author: By G. W. S., | Title: Notes By Occasional Harvard Commuters | 10/31/1946 | See Source »

That goes so slow...

Author: By G. W. S., | Title: Notes By Occasional Harvard Commuters | 10/31/1946 | See Source »

Apparently the mud was more to the Crimson Freshman team's liking, for after a slow start in the first half, they came back strong in the last two periods and beat the Indian Freshman by the score of 2-0. This makes the sixth win against no defeats for the Yardlings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Booters Lose to Indians, 3-0, at Hanover | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

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