Word: tides
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...motion a force that will sweep Asia...When we stand behind the liberal and progressive forces in other countries. We become in the eyes of the peoples of the world, identified with their interests. Then the democratic cause will gain strength and character. Then the flood tide of Communism will begin to recede...
...reckless, in these times, to invite deficits: "Hadn't we better stay in a position where we will have the money to defend our shores?" But the House was in no mood for debate or delay. When the vote came, 84 Democrats deserted the Administration. The overwhelming tide of passage...
...idea was picked up on all sides. Speaker of the House Joe Martin, who ranks second only to the President of the U.S., gave it his official blessing. Send airmail letters, urged Speaker Martin. "A 15? stamp might turn the tide for peace." New York's post office noted that airmail letters to Italy increased forthwith 100%. Martin's hope, and the hope of Italo-Americans, was that these exhortations from the world's greatest internationale, the U.S., might turn the tide of international Communism-that letters from son to father, brother to brother, cousin to cousin...
...Approved a $55 million advance for France, Italy and Austria, to tide them over until ERP becomes effective...
Osmotic Oozing. But the flood of orders swamped the small company. Its product became bad, and business soon fell to nothing. Dr. Kalmus turned the tide by what he calls "an osmotic oozing toward perfection." He developed the two-color process into a three-color one (red, green and blue), thus could reproduce every shade of color. This gave Technicolor a virtual monopoly on three-color pictures. Dr. Kalmus has done his best to keep it that way, by his tight control of every phase of operations...