Word: bordering
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...French garrison at Dong Dang notice that they were moving in. It was not clear whether the Dong Dang garrison had heard about that afternoon's agreement, but in any case the agreement specified that Japanese troops should enter by the port of Haiphong, not by the China border. The French decided to resist. In a two-hour skirmish the French suffered about 100 casualties...
Next morning General Nishihara deferred "for the time being" the landing of troops at Haiphong, but the drive from the China border was carried to the enemy with energy. Tokyo newspapers hailed the "peaceful penetration." French authorities put aside the honey and brought on the acid: "Anyone coming across the border in the middle of the night in combat formation and using arms is hardly friendly...
...wide over such scattered points as Hargeisa and Berbera in Italian-held British Somaliland, Agordat and Gurá south of Asmara in Eritrea, and, more particularly, over the oasis of Siwa deep in the desert near the Libyan frontier, and at Metemmeh in Ethiopia near the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan border, indicated the British were keeping their air eyes open for signs of any new thrust toward the heart of the Nile Valley...
...However, I believe that even such simple operations as the organization of precinct clubs or the like or active participation in political meetings would be in violation of the law. Lending of one's name to committees in support of a political candidate is at least on the border line and may well cross...
...border States two influential newspapers, after teetering on the fence all summer, last week announced their choice for President. In Kentucky, twice Republican since 1896 (1924, 1928), the Louisville Courier-Journal announced for Roosevelt. In Tennessee, twice Republican since 1872 (1920, 1928), the Chattanooga Times announced for Willkie...