Word: frontierisms
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...beyond the technical details of occupation, the question of Germany's fate was largely political. Russia, unrepresented at Quebec, must be considered. Reports from London said that Russia was disturbed over an Anglo-American "frontier" in Occupied Germany...
...broken in five places. Even with inadequate forces, a well organized enemy should have been able to hold that strong position for at least two weeks. Western Germany had been successfully invaded for the first time since Napoleon.* The soil of the Rhineland, Germany's storied, sacred frontier, lay just beyond...
Costa Ricans thanked the petulance of a neighboring dictator for an elegant revision of the national diet. It used to consist chiefly of beef. But Nicaragua's Anastasio Somoza changed that. Wounded by Costa Rica's hospitality to his political enemies, he closed the southern frontier to the export of cattle. His Costa Rican neighbors thereupon turned to sea turtle -a delicacy formerly earmarked for gourmets...
...little interstate routes is between the big established companies and the small independent operators. Big Western Air Lines - already sparring with United, TWA and Continental for the juicy Denver-Los Angeles run - popped up in Denver last week to tell CAB it also wanted to operate feeders. Along came Frontier Airways, Inc. to say it should be the one to cloverleaf the Denver area with feeders. It had no planes, no pilots and no experience, but it had $100,000 in subscribed stock, and was backed by big Braniff Airways (TIME, Aug. 21). The small independent operators argued that...
...called Leclerc was born 42 years ago near Amiens. He graduated from Saint-Cyr, France's West Point. A major in 1940, he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Germans. He escaped, riding a bicycle some 375 miles to the frontier...