Word: stilles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...atmosphere of repressed hostility and resentment hung heavily in the room; it was obvious that many present still regarded his longtime espousal of unification as a kind of treachery. His predecessor, Admiral Louis Denfeld, who stood stolidly at Sherman's side, thrust out his hand, pumped once, said gruffly: "Good luck." After that, 38 impassive admirals-core of the Navy brass and of the stubborn fight for independence-filed past and went through the same, painful formality...
Said one admiral, after the die was cast: "He still wears a blue suit. You can't wear one of these blue suits ten years, and not believe in the outfit...
Meanwhile, French Finance Minister Maurice Petsche was sponsoring the idea of "regional integration." So far, after more than two years of fiddling with the project, the Benelux countries still had no coordinated monetary policy, encountered rough going toward economic union, largely because The Netherlands' economy is geared more closely to Britain's than to those of her continental allies. Now Petsche was plugging a new regional grouping, to be known as Fritalux, i.e., France, Italy and Benelux. Object: monetary union...
...flew homeward this week, Americans were still far from sure what the truth was that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru stood for; but they sensed in him, if not rare truth, a rare heart...
John Hall Paxton, U.S. consul general at Tihwa, in China's far western Sinkiang Province, was eager to take his well-earned leave. Washington had granted permission, but there was still a question: How to get out of Tihwa? The Chinese Communist armies were pressing close. Chinese air service to Canton had been cut, and U.S. planes were barred from the province by a Sino-Russian treaty. Old China Hand Paxton, who had come to the Orient first with his missionary parents at the age of two, called his staff together for a conference. They decided to trek...