Word: standings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Secret. The Government's cold and correct prosecutors called a series of cold and correct G-men to the stand to present a damning case. As a Justice Department political analyst, Barnard-educated Judy Coplon had kept her desk loaded with scores of secret documents; she had been trailed by the FBI, been seen keeping clandestine appointments with a Soviet United Nations employee, Valentin A. Gubichev...
...black, rain-spattered umbrellas. The square was two-thirds empty. Soggy onlookers drifted away for hot drinks in nearby cafes. In Rome, a damp crowd sang dispiritedly in the Piazza del Popolo. A newsboy hawked the Communist newspaper: "Here's Unità. If you can't read, stand under it." The Reds' May Day show in Italy, billed in advance as the biggest & best ever, was a sodden fizzle...
...same time maintains the dignity of age and position. I cannot imagine another U.S. general lowering his voice and, staring musingly into the distance, saying: We may fail here, but all men who truly have religion in their hearts must believe that we can succeed, must stand with respect before the miracle of what has happened in Japan...
...Behind Bamboo. Japanese, on the whole, are deeply grateful to Americans; but they like military government no better than any other people. A popular quip among English-speaking Japanese holds that the letters GHQ on Americans' uniforms stand for: "Go Home Quick...
...Liberal government was about to go to the country in a general election. For the first time in 30 years it would be without the leadership of William Lyon Mackenzie King. Last November he had given up the Prime Ministry; last week, having announced that he would not stand for reelection, he ended 33 years as a Member of Parliament...