Word: threatens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spite of Alaska's strategic position, the U. S. never wasted money on Alaskan defenses because until recently Alaska was never threatened. From gold rush days in 1898 until a few months ago, its military garrison never consisted of more than 400 infantry soldiers at Chilkoot Barracks not far from the Skagway. One of their main jobs was to increase the Army's knowledge of cold-weather living and maneuvering. Then the U. S. found out that the U. S. S. R. was extending its bases north along the Siberian coast, and that Japan had built a naval...
...doing here?' but of course he didn't understand me. Then I noticed that he had a revolver and by pointing indicated that I wanted it. He handed it over at once but I did not take it out of the holster nor did I threaten him with...
...seers of Israel. The uniqueness of our Torah lies in the unequivocal assertion that the moral law comes from God. This means that human happiness is inconceivable without obedience to that law. . . . Morality is not an elective in the school of human life. . . . The forces of evil which now threaten our very existence pursued their diabolic purposes with fierce and unflinching determination. . . . Contrast their remarkable steadiness of purpose and resolute will with the indecision, halfheartedness and hypocritical behavior of those who rendered profuse lip service to the cause of peace and democracy...
...republics of South America, which, like the U. S., won their independence from Europe by revolutions, are jealous of their freedom. Last week, unlike the U. S., they were wide-awake to the dangers that seemed to threaten it. Mussolini's cynical declaration of war had been all that was needed to stir Latin America...
...them fume and threaten; the right to insult was given us under the constitution. Let them howl in protest; we know it is all propaganda. Let them attack the freedom of our press; we shall defend it to the last. We shall never forsake our unbiased, unfettered press which alone can keep our heads above the maclstrom of distortion and infamy...