Word: clashing
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...half of the island which lies south of latitude 50° north. Ever since, Japan and Russia have squabbled (but never actually fought) over its oil, coal and fish. Each now wants the whole place. A full-fledged war could scarcely develop on bleak Sakhalin-last week's clash was followed by a blizzard which stopped railroad trains, to say nothing of troops on foot-but it looked at week's end as if Sakhalin clashes and Nomonhan scares would keep Russia and Japan from joining hands in what the Allies fear-exclusive enemy domination...
Salvemini discounted the possibility of a rupture between the Duce and Hitler as a result of an ideological clash after the Russo-German treaty; "Mussolini is never deterred by ideology," he said...
...next two articles, The War in Finland: A Controversy, and Professor Sorokin's "credo," Conservative Christian Anarchy, less can be said on the score of readability. The article on Finland adds nothing new to an already well-defined clash of opinion, while Mr. Sorokin's confessions will graze only the upper lobes of the undergraduate brain...
Clark Hodder's, Varsity hockey team all but fell apart in the second period of its clash with the Dartmouth Indians on Saturday morning and dropped an 8 to 3 decision on the natural ice of Davis rink before a capacity Carnival crowd...
...Europe and Asia all nations, including our own, must share responsibility. This admission of common guilt as regards the origins of the wars must not blind us to the incalculable issues at stake in the outcome of these wars. . . . An interpretation of the present conflicts as 'merely a clash of rival imperialisms' can spring only from ignorance or moral confusion. The basic distinction between civilizations in which justice and freedom are still realities and those in which they have been displaced by ruthless tyranny cannot be ignored. ... To suggest that nothing of consequence is at stake...