Word: smith
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Open Letter. Nanking, Paris, London, Berlin, Moscow, New York newspapers blazoned the story that Russia had accepted a U.S. bid to talk about their differences. For hours, while almost no one analyzed the Smith-Molotov texts, the whole world felt a springlike breath of hope. The magic word "peace" appeared in headlines. People saw a melting of the frozen front of the cold war. Tom Dewey, electioneering in Oregon, hailed it as "the best news since V-J day if they [the Russians] mean...
...letter, said Stalin, was "the most important document of recent times;" in contrast, the Smith-Molotov conversations had been inadequate. The Wallace letter made "an open and honest attempt to give a concrete program for a peaceful settlement...
...breathtaking speed with which he acted was explainable. Harry Truman had been considering the move ever since it became evident that the Jews had made up their minds to become an independent state. After the Smith-Molotov talks, Washington was determined not to let Moscow beat it to this one. Zionists were planning nationwide celebrations. Candidate Truman was anxious to have his name mentioned in the rejoicing...
...Trib's sports section one of the best in the U.S., but he had asked for trouble. He had criticized the firing or forced retirement of several staffers. And when the management asked what two men he could fire for economy, he had sarcastically suggested: "Columnist Red Smith...
...eleven years, old Crapo Cornell Smith* became a well-known sight on the University of Michigan campus. A prim, courtly and reserved man, he seldom spoke to anyone. No one knew much about him except that he had graduated from the law school in 1896, that he had now retired from a Detroit law firm, had come back to the university and asked permission to live there. President Ruthven saw no reason not to grant the old grad's wish. A bachelor in his 70s, Crapo lived in one room at the Student Union, and spent most...