Word: threatened
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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While Israeli leaders are firmly oriented towards the West, there is a growing Communist minority in Palestine that may someday threaten the government. Controlling only about 20 per cent of the vote at present, this Communist segment balloons each time Israel is rebuffed by the United States and Great Britain. And in the economic sphere there is increasing agitation for an oil agreement with the Russian bloc. When Britain pinched off the flow of oil to Haifa's refineries in the hope of stalling Israel's military machine, Romania soon came forward with an attractive deal, proposing to supply...
...railway defenses along the line south of the city. If Liu could cut the rail line, he would have Sinyang encircled and more than 100,000 Nationalist troops in the trap. Besides, by cutting the line he could link with other Communist forces to the south and threaten the Yangtze Valley from Hankow to Ichang...
...strongest human values in the film. The G.I. has a legitimate gripe: his allotment will not feed a gnat, let alone a healthy, expectant wife. The professor has been left on a shelf by loving friends and colleagues, to be dusted off at their convenience. Whenever these mistreated males threaten to let out a hearty, realistic beef about their grievances, Writer-Director George Seaton quickly smothers their growls under the suds...
...they joined a huge Communist parade to the vast, oval-shaped Foro Italico which was transformed into a vast picnic ground; thousands squatted on the pavement and feasted from cardboard box lunches. In the glow of the setting sun, Togliatti appeared on a platform. He did not rant or threaten; he simply said: "A great sadness fills our souls when we see the ever spreading discord in our country . . . We witness this offensive being launched against workers who fight for their daily bread...
Bittersweet. Railroad equipment makers built 10,387 freight cars for domestic use in June, for the first time this year reached their goal of 10,000 cars a month. But S. M. Felton, president of the American Railway Car Institute, was still unhappy. Dwindling steel deliveries, said he, threaten to put July production below the goal...