Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...silence critics and strengthen its own position, the Affairs Committee should set to work on the "organizational difficulties" so that next year the Smoker will be in its proper place near the beginning of the freshman year, instead of more than half way through...
...order to hasten the success of the program, Mason demanded that the United States force the Marshall Plan nations to "put their houses in order." He declared the nations receiving aid must strengthen their internal finances and learn to cooperate. He also asked the United States to reorganize European trade...
Idylls of a Comrade. In 1946, the U.S. began its ill-fated attempt to mediate between Chiang and the Reds, giving the Communists further time to strengthen their position. Special U.S. Envoy Patrick Hurley personally brought the reluctant Mao to Chungking. Before the plane took off at Yenan airfield, he nervously kissed his small daughter goodbye as though he were being taken to the executioner...
...Support of the proposed North Atlantic alliance (TIME, Jan. 24), which the U.S. would join to "strengthen freedom-loving nations against the dangers of aggression," offering them "military advice and equipment...
...Prices were too high, and further inflation still threatened. Extend and strengthen rent controls for two years, said Harry Truman; give the President stand-by authority to impose ceilings on some prices and wages, power to control consumer credit, regulate speculation on commodity exchanges and allocate materials in short supply...