Word: timeliest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...months after Pearl Harbor, locked up in his own Embassy, Ambassador Grew observed the tenth anniversary of his mission to Tokyo. Waiting, he jotted down in his diary some "Lessons of History." His timeliest observation, in view of the present rising tide of U.S. nationalism: "We cannot logically on the one hand exercise the right of intervention ... in situations between other nations ... on the ground that our national interests are affected thereby, while on the other hand manifesting indifference to the conditions creating such situations. ... So long as any nation follows policies designed exclusively for the protection and furtherance...
Still, when her ballet is at its best, the living blood beats in it; enough to make this book the timeliest of sermons on the greatest human force among the Allies...
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