Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Grey, ramrod-backed Major General Patrick Jay Hurley came back to Washington last week, presumably to resign as the U.S. Ambassador to China. The handsome, 62-year-old Oklahoman refused to confirm reports that President Truman would soon release him from his war job. But it was obvious that Pat Hurley's mission was ended...
Senate isolationists voted not to confirm the Republican 7 2-year-oldster, when Franklin Roosevelt called him in to recreate the Army-at that time (June 1940) under 300,000 men. There were officers who looked up at his old-fashioned portrait in the Munitions Building (painted when he was Secretary under Taft), and shook their heads at the ancient's return. Stimson ignored the Senators, soon brought his officers up short...
This week, it was expected that a special Cortes session would confirm Martinez Barrio. Then Dr. Negrin would resign his somewhat abstract office, and Barrio would ask a new premier to form a Cabinet...
...Hope. Such was the situation on the morning of April 28, a day which took its place in history alongside Nov. 7, 1918 as a day of false hopes. On this morning Winston Churchill seemed almost to confirm the report of unconditional surrender by announcing that Nazi Germany would have to surrender to all three of the Big Three. A White House secretary purred: "This Government has nothing to say." But the rumors flew thicker & faster. Said one report out of Washington: fighting had actually stopped in Europe...
...nation waited. In a few cities, notably Chicago and San Francisco, downtown celebrations had already begun. In a New York nightclub, the manager distributed confetti and streamers. Radio newscasters were tense. If the report were true-and the White House seemed about to confirm it-this would be the biggest Saturday night...