Word: standings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reviewing stand of Washington's Army Day parade, new Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and the Commander in Chief shared a secret that the marchers knew nothing about. When the parade was over, Johnson announced that, so far as he was concerned, that was the last Army Day. If Congress approved, the cherished Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force Days would be unified into a single "Armed Forces Day." Swallowing hard...
When young (33), studious-looking Herbert A. Philbrick of Melrose, Mass. took the witness stand that afternoon, he was still a secret, dues-paying, in-good-standing member of the Massachusetts Communist Party. He was secure in its confidence and even a minor functionary in the underground apparatus...
...churches (O the misery of the plural!) must now do four things. They must have a clear understanding of the ground on which they stand, so as not to make a compromise of the faith. They must in all earnest start a process of internal revitalization to sweep away idol worship, worldliness, hypocrisy, division, ignorance, and heaviness of the eye and lukewarmness of the heart . . . They must quickly plan together and decide upon a program of practical and concrete social service. And they must revolutionize their organization, their theology, their ways of living, and their methods of evangelism...
...finally wrote all occupation statute to serve in lieu of a treaty for Western Germany. The French objection to the proposed Western German state that has held up Allied agreement on policies toward the defeated nation was satisfied, enabling the three Western occupying powers to take a definite, united stand on the type of government they want in the constitution for Western Germany...
...carry out their promised nationalization program. Because the Washington conference decided on a government much weaker than they would like, the Socialists have threatened to quit Bonn and end the parliamentary council for good. Although they know that their convention opponents have Allied support, they hope that their stand will change the minds of the occupying powers...