Word: strife
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...convinced that ... far from threatening American agriculture, industry and labor, the Trade Agreements Act is an important element in promoting the postwar prosperity of all of them. It is one of the indispensable steps in bringing about a world order in which cooperation among nations replaces strife. We . . . are on the threshold of the first decisions that will determine whether we shall direct our efforts towards that goal...
...pugnacious young Foremen's Association of America, an independent union. To enforce its bargaining demands, it had called a series of strikes in Detroit's war plants (TIME, May 15-22), hog-tied war production. By giving in, NLRB hopefully expects to avoid further "industrial strife." But the dissenting board member, Gerard D. Reilly, snapped that the ruling smacks of a "peace-at-any-price" policy...
...Well brushed, well tailored old metaphors ("We held aloft the flaming torch of free dom when all around the night was black as jet") clothed his sturdy Tory form ("We have endured patiently, almost silently, many provocations from that happily limited class of left-wing politicians to whom party strife is the breath of their nostrils"). By the time he reached his glowing peroration, 43 minutes later, the Tory leader had shown how he proposed to win the general election...
...consider that the democratic forms of government with which we are familiar must be most suited to the needs of all other peoples. We recognize, on the contrary, that a wide variety in forms of government is compatible with social justice. . . . Without a family spirit [among nations] renewed strife is inevitable. . . . If the treaty makers are genuinely desirous of creating the conditions for peace, they must bring to the conference table a determination not to further their own political creed, but to restore a sense of security to the people of all nations...
From Bulgaria came disquieting reports of complete Russian domination through the Red Army and the Minister of the Interior, Anton Yugoff, veteran Communist. In Rumania there was an almost total news blackout, punctuated by occasional reports, like rifle flashes, of political strife between Communists and the Government...