Word: vis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Amherst and Harvard, Kase repeats many of the glib imperialist excuses that Westerners have heard before, e.g., the characterization of the China invasion as an anti-Communist crusade, the explanation of Japan's joining the Axis as "a means of improving Japan's diplomatic position visa-vis the democratic powers" in order to secure peace. Yet Author Kase's hatred for the army's trigger-happy expansionists sounds sincere enough. And he has little more regard for the navy, although he records that as late as Oct. 14, 1941, the naval high command seemed halfheartedly opposed...
...According to Secretary of State Acheson, the new U.S. policy vis-a-vis Russia must...
With Army leading, 30 to 29, the vis- itors needed at least a second place in the 440-yard freestyle to stay in the meet. Bob Tolf put on a spirited last lap drive, and it was just enough to nip Joe Knittle by a touch, as Army's Jack Craigie...