Search Details

Word: wing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...espionage. On the other hand, a too independent and efficient intelligence service which cannot be controlled by its own government, will always develop a tendency to make its own policy. Such a bureau, the prime example of which was Admiral Canaris' unit in Germany, will inevitably make the intelligence wing too powerful an organ of the government. Any such development, in the United States would create an extreme danger of upsetting the delicate system of checks and balances which insures free government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brass Tacks | 4/27/1948 | See Source »

Jose Soriano and Henrik Reynders as wing forwards broke up a number of Princeton plays after the Tiger scrum had heeled the ball out to their ace scrum half John Cotter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiger Goal Upsets Rugby Team, 3-0 | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...Communism had fervent working allies: the left wing of Italian Socialism, under Pietro Nenni, had joined the Reds in a formidable Popular Front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: How to Hang On | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

Since announcing his candidacy in December, Wallace has spoken 23 times in nine states to some 75,000 people (not counting radio audiences). Who were the people? Wechsler reported: "At virtually every stop the local left-wing stalwarts run the arrangements. It is the biggest show they have ever staged. But the political complexion of the audiences is definitely broader. It is a cross section of American discontent and insecurity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THIRD PARTIES: The Voice of the Locust | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...Marshall Plan aid, which Cripps hailed as "a light and hope to the freedom-loving peoples of the world," Britain's Socialist Government felt that it was safely over some of the political rough spots, too. Russia's grab for Europe had rallied even most left-wing Laborite rebels behind the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Cripps & Soda | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

Previous | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | Next