Word: third
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...company of Pennsylvania tanks. When the First came to, its supply train had been captured by the Maryland 5th Infantry, and Virginians from the Shenandoah Valley were blazing away at its rear. Said a Black artilleryman, hopelessly cut off: "We had one gun firing north, another south, and the third one shooting straight...
...Trotsky's injured brain last week, some of them must have been of those great days when War Commissar Leon Trotsky whipped the demoralized rabble of the crushed Imperial Army into a new Red Army, drove the Whites and their allies out of Russia; the proclaiming of the Third International when he hoped that world revolution was at hand. There were also mistakes to remember, particularly the mistake of failing to return to Moscow for Lenin's funeral, a failure which under mined his popularity with the people, made him vulnerable to Stalin's intrigue. There followed...
That any such array of power confronted Mr. Roosevelt in 1936 was a myth exploded last week by Editor & Publisher. In a survey of press sentiment for & against a third term. Editor & Publisher inserted a question to set the record straight: Did you support Roosevelt against Landon in 1936? Of the papers which replied, 60% were Landon followers, 35% backed Roosevelt, 5% were neutral...
...joint defense program for the U. S. and Canada, one of Franklin Roosevelt's pet policies, opinion was almost as solidly behind the President as it was against him on a third term. Over 71% of the papers were for a defense agreement with Canada, fewer than 3% were opposed, 26% had taken no stand...
...operate in a pinch. With Canada's cooperation, the use of Canadian fields would also be available. The second defense of the U. S. would be a big enough air force to cripple the invader's bases and communications while protecting those of the U. S. The third defense would be to beat the invader at armored and mechanized land warfare...