Word: sovereigns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nation was born here in November; within two years it will be a sovereign power under Wilhelmina...
Most gracious sovereign, leaving England's shore...
...Britain, the Socialist Government had published two bills which would give it powers over basic property (the land) unparalleled by those of any sovereign government outside of Russia. At the same time, the Labor Government faced its first important crisis as employer (instead of champion) of labor-a week-old truck strike wildcatted by 21,000 London truckmen against the wishes of the union leaders. As critical food distribution was paralyzed, the Government considered moving the trucks with troops, then rejected the idea. At week's end, it faced the facts, put 8,000 soldiers & sailors on the trucks...
...United Nations, but in the Big Powers' peace terms for Hungary. The United Nations, he said, was a misnomer-the nations "did not unite, did not form one great allied United Nations, but only an alliance of states, a league of members all jealous of their sovereign rights." He emphasized that Europe's small nations are hurt by the fact that when the fate of Europe is discussed in international gatherings they have little to say. Said Auer: "The small nations ask the great powers to give them a hearing. . . . They do not want simply to be pawns...
Said one Socialist Deputy: "If the Communist Party decides to take over France, they can do it by telephone." The Communists were not prepared to do so at once. They preferred to wait and undermine the last vestiges of sovereign government in France. France, said Koestler, "has become a Troy, with the wooden horse standing on a pedestal in the market place; the children pat it on the nose, and the grownups, who know better, do the same, with an embarrassed laugh, pretending not to hear the ominous noises in its belly...