Word: thanked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...troubles, Wendell Willkie could thank many factors: human nature, because of which an outspoken man makes nearly as many enemies as friends; the American political system, whose rules are designed to discourage any man from starting at the top; the back-breaking !:-bor of bringing off an ideological revolution inside a party still run largely by men schooled in Smoot-Hawley foreign policy and Warren Harding "normalcy...
...largely planned the invasions of Poland, France, the Balkans and Russia. Stockholm correspondents reported that Hitler had, summoned Haider before the assembled staff and barked: "I am under the impression that your achievements do not keep up with my demands and you are unable to follow my intentions. I thank you for your work hitherto...
...being, repaired and outfitted with modern guns and machines. Even the destroyer Shaw, which did not seem to be worth 35?, was "sewed" together and sent to the U.S. mainland, where it was rebuilt. For the most remarkable salvage job in naval engineering history the U.S. could thank Captain Homer N. Wallin and the thousands of naval and civilian workers who labored under...
...conversation emphasized the small talk of people in the middle of a big war-only 20 minutes flying time distant from a Nazi aerodrome. People said "God Bless" to each other the way Americans say "Good-by." The maid at the hotel said "Thank you" each time she served a dish. A salvage worker proudly told how Cromer won the East Anglia salvage contest. There were echoes of a hot controversy about whether the church should set its wall back to make more room for parked cars. A German bomb had settled that...
...this, U.S. newspapers can thank the fact that Army men are learning to appreciate correspondents' problems. Now that they have shown they can cooperate, keep secrets, U.S. reporters may get additional breaks. Slowly, surely the rough edges are being polished off Army-press relationships...