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From the standpoint of power politics the pact amounted to raising the ante in the hope of frightening the U. S. into dropping its hand so the Axis could rake in the pot. But if the Axis hoped to frighten the U. S. out of its everything-short-of-war policy of helping Great Britain, it had almost certainly failed. Since U. S. security in the Atlantic - hence liberty to maintain her Fleet in the Pacific-depends on the British Fleet, the U. S. could now do no less than help Britain more...
Hardest hit city was Brittany's Quimper, favorite butt of French wits because of its extreme provincialism, centre since 1690 of kilns and workers supplying France with common porcelain ware, the thick soup plate, the humble pot de chambre...
...Limoges (Haviland) porcelain works in central France, world-famed for delicate, artistic craftsmanship. Germany might keep that alive in hope of recovering U. S. markets, but at the moment, with France worrying more about food itself than the dishes it was served on, Limoges porcelain had already gone to pot...
...favorite class. Second place went to classical music, third to aerial dramas. Close behind were serials, which make up 84.9% of daytime programs. Also in the van on the C. A. B. books were the audience-participation shows, with Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge and Pot o' Gold listed among the first...
...Mediterranean stove, evidently waiting for the Vienna chefs to season their Balkan stew (see p. 24), for cooler weather in the Egyptian desert, for the end of the rains in Ethiopia, for Germany to hamstring the British at home or join in a Southern Theatre attack. To keep the pot respectably warm, the Italian Air Force performed a few missions...