Word: spokesman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...great citizen-soldier who, in a totalitarian war, had assembled and directed an army without deviating an inch in the direction of totalitarian practices, had become a leader and spokesman of the drive for a nontotalitarian peace...
...leading spokesman for Europe's socialist democrats, Britain's Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, who has said he detests Fascist Spain, was well aware of the desperately delicate situation. He and non-socialist democrats were struggling against Communism for the political soul of Europe, for the trust of men who would never again trust those who tolerated Franco. The U.S. was more remote from the scene, but as the leading power of the democratic coalition, the U.S. was not remote from the responsibility...
Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts was the bearer of shocking news. As a spokesman for "Food for Freedom" -a little volunteer organization-he was prepared to lay some ugly facts before the President this week...
Then the worst of the backlash hit Commander Stelle. It was a statement from Commander in Chief (and Legionnaire) Harry Truman. Said his White House spokesman: General Bradley has done a fine job under difficult conditions; he has the President's complete, unqualified support...
...secret of Mikolajczyk's popularity lies in his origins. His roots in Poland's life go deep-deeper than the Red Army's. He was born a peasant in a nation that is 75% peasant. He came up politically as a peasant spokesman. He has never lost his peasant temperament; he is solid, slow in speech and thought, stubborn in principle and action. His chief political defect is a peasant's sly caution, often carried to the point of hesitation at moments of decision. Even his only known hobby has the peasant touch...