Word: polese
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Instantly from London and Washington came cries of dissent. Said London: Russia's action in no way affected the policy of His Majesty's Government toward the Polish Government in Exile. Washington reaffirmed its recognition of the London Poles.
Russia's puppetizing of Poland also drew protests from the U.S. and British press and liberals-but nothing like the hubbub they made when Prime Minister Winston Churchill attempted to preserve order in Greece. Liberal opinion was less concerned with the fate of the Poles than with the effect...
Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a Christmas present for the Poles-partition. To a House of Commons still seething with the Greek crisis, he announced that, with Britain's consent, Russia would extend her western frontier to the Curzon line. Poland would be compensated by about half of East...
Bundled in a special harness, lying (in the foetal position, which was thought to be safest) between two poles which held up a nylon loop, Doster watched a Stinson Voyager plane swoop down, suddenly felt himself lifting easily. ("No jerking sensation at all.") A winch pulled him up into the...
Since then the A.A.F. has found the pickup just the ticket for rescuing stranded soldiers from rubber boats, jungles, remote islands. Pickup gear-ropes, poles, harness -is dropped first. The man below then sets up his rig, waits confidently for the plane to come back, hook on and whisk him...