Word: suspicions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Suspicion...
German concentrations as far south as Lorient led to a revival of the suspicion that Ireland might receive the first blow. Nothing had been heard from the huge concentration of troops and planes in Norway, except for an unconfirmed rumor that Aberdeen had been cut flat by bombs. Last week's strange news that the Finns were permitting German troops passage to Norway did not ease nervousness about the North. London heard and believed a new tale of attempt at the Strait of Dover last week, which was said to have failed because the R. A. F. shot down...
Many of the same persons who refuse to enlist in the war to save democracy by peaceful means are now attacking freedom of discussion in our universities. Two such offences are enough to raise serious suspicion. We may put our confidence in the ability of these men to arm the nation, but we will never let them seize the sole right to speak, think, and act for American democracy...
...most serious suspicion growing in British minds was that invasion might be off for the present. The very fact of this increasing relaxation of expectancy led Winston Churchill and his colleagues to be more on the alert than ever. If by letting the equinox go past, Hitler was just confusing the British, the guard must stay up. If by letting it pass he had abandoned invasion, turning his attention southward (see p. 27, p. 29}, Britain might not be so likely to win as if he made the attempt now. The British were confident last week as they feared...
Before Japan can get very far in her new friendship she must overcome: 1) Russian suspicion of Japan, and 2) Japanese suspicion of Russia. Last week, coincidentally with the press campaign, Foreign Minister Matsuoka named a new Ambassador to Moscow: Lieut. General Yoshitsugu Tate-kawa. A leader in the anti-British campaign since 1937, skillful, politically ambitious General Tatekawa remarked: "The British are a crafty lot, smooth-spoken but always with something up their sleeves. I can get along with the Russians better...