Word: inspecting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There are various deterrents to war. Last week the world had a chance to inspect...
...recognizable minions of law and order. Chef Alvin Randall puffed his pipe in contentment throughout, and Sergent Jim Toomey only moved into action when an abandoned Princeton car was turned into a large kettledrum by some over enthusiastic team supporters.Two of the Crimson's youngest supporters inspect a Yard Cop as he listens to a motley throng of pre-game noise-makers...
They did more than just inspect. The first day's receipts were around $250,000, some 2½ times as much as Foley's had ever grossed at its outgrown store. The jingle of cash registers was merry music to Foley's chubby boss, Fred Lazarus Jr., president of the Federated Department Stores (TIME...
...starred C-54s of the Air Transport Command brought a stream of tight-lipped generals and high-ranking brass of the Air Force and Marine Corps, who hurried off to conferences and staff consultations. Some bounced in jeeps along the cratered, axle-snapping roads of Macedonia and Thrace, to inspect Greek Army units. Offshore, units of COMNAVMED, including the carrier Leyte, prowled around the Aegean islands...
...much to lay the foundations for a world community. But when the member nations still retain the power to enter into armed conflict, advancements can mean little. World government must not follow these functional developments, but precede them. The UN can study, debate, recommend; it cannot legislate, inspect, enforce...