Word: speaks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...remove the possibility of being tricked by a crafty native translator, American armies must have men who can speak Japanese, German, and any other foreign languages necessary in countries which may be occupied by our troops. They must know, furthermore, languages which may be needed for effective liaison with our allies...
...directives issued by the War Department for the CATS embodied what to many linguists appeared rather radical ideas. They have stressed the colloquial form of languages studied, and have demanded ability to speak the language fluently, accurately, and with an acceptable approximation to a native pronunciation. The War Department, moreover, wants practically perfect auditory comprehension of the language as spoken by natives...
...remove the possibility of being tricked by a crafty native translator, American armies must have men who can speak Japanese, German, and any other foreign languages necessary in countries which may be occupied by our troops. They must know, furthermore, languages which may be needed for effective liaison with our allies...
Overwhelmed by the chores of victory, General Eisenhower's headquarters finally dispatched a general to Flensburg to supervise the broadcasts. In the long run, this muddle was probably a good thing for the conquerors: Radio Flensburg's true voice had plenty of time to speak the German piece so clearly that none could mistake...
Crumbs of Loot. Cried Mohandas K. Gandhi last week when he heard of the trip: "Big merchants, capitalists, industrialists and others speak and write against the [British] Government, but in action do its will and even profit through it. ... [Independence] will come only when interests, big or small, are prepared to forgo the crumbs that fall to them from partnership with the British in the loot which British rule takes from India...