Word: unite
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wish you could see the Tommies and the Yanks fighting side by side in the hills here, each unit depending on the other for the upholding of a flank. The last time I was up at the front, four days ago, I saw a little pile of dead by the roadside, six Tommies, four Yanks. There was an argument as to whether they should be buried together or apart. A U.S. colonel settled the thing with 'Hell, bury them together. They fought together and they died from the same shell...
Under such controls, industry would be expected to produce more goods at a lower unit cost, turn a practicable (and perhaps guaranteed) profit for its owners, expand Britain's world markets, produce the additional money needed to sustain life and, eventually, to raise the standard of life...
...Reason for Sleep. A century ago Czech Frantisek Palacky observed: If the Austrian Empire did not exist, it would have to be invented. Advocates of federation hold that the Danube Valley is a unit, self-sufficient if properly organized, a link between Europe and the Balkans if properly conceived, a bulwark against German expansion if properly designed...
...Pershing had other ideas. The American forces must fight as a unit, he said, and set his jaw. They could train better under their own men; they would not become infected with the Allies' pessimism. A victorious American Army would give the nation prestige at the peace table, he thought. The U.S. must keep its own military tradition; there would be other wars. Foch, Clemenceau, Lloyd George bickered and bargained, Wilson and Baker backed their man up. Pershing won his point. The American forces trained and fought as a unit...
With all aspects planned as in previous years, the only noticeable change will be that caused by the inclusion of uniformed Freshmen of the Navy V-12 Unit. Attended by a few upper-class Cliffe-dwellers and members of the PBH Cabinet, the affair is primarily designed as a welcoming meeting for newcomers to the Cambridge scene...