Word: suppliants
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...help Germany fight Russia. This Spanish response to Adolf Hitler's call for a crusade against Communism was not important as a gift of men (the Germans will have to equip the Spanish volunteers). Far more important was Hitler's success in turning Spain from a sullen suppliant to an open opponent...
Spain's Problem. Whatever he may be as a soldier, II Duce is a very good diplomat. He would not have dreamed of going to Franco as a suppliant. Instead, he told El Caudillo some of his friend Adolf Hitler's plans for the conquest of Britain and for the New Order in Europe after the war. El Caudillo was sympathetic. He had nothing but the warmest wishes for the success of the Axis plans. He would like to participate, but there was a little matter of bread...
Novelist Tarkington, one of the kindliest and most helpful writers in the busi ness, soothed and encouraged Suppliant Roberts. Trouble was, he said, that he had the makings of two fine novels, maybe even three or four. Let Roberts write the story of the Quebec expedition first...
...labors and good works. . . . These, venerable brethren and beloved children, are the wishes, these the hopes which we, present among you not only in the person of our Legate, but also in a way by that paternal love which transcends and conquers distance and space, commend in suppliant prayer to the most sacred heart of Jesus...
...much in evidence. Slouching all over the stage, they evince only occasionally a condescending interest in the anties of the performers. In general, they withdraw their attention from their newspapers only to sling a cushion to the boards in the nick of time to soften the fall of some suppliant's knees...