Word: wished
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Tuesday, 2nd November, 1847-". . I have now passed through two-thirds of my Presidential term, and most heartily wish that the remaining third was over, for I am sincerely desirous to have the enjoyment of retirement in private life...
...fully realize the present needs of many of our own people and also of the Polish people as well, the committee of which I am also a member. I would not wish any contributions to this fund for Finland to lessen the support of all these needs. But . . . Americans should also make sacrifices for them...
When the League met, up rose Sweden's delegate, Bosten Unden, to express a wish of his Government endorsed, he said, by Britain: even though good offices had so far collapsed like chunks of snow against Soviet steel, one more effort should be made to achieve peace by request. The League agreed. A special committee drafted a note inviting Russia to cease hostilities and let the League mediate. Richard Austen Butler, head of the British delegation, suggested that some limit must be set; accordingly a reply was requested within 24 hours...
...Office's wish to keep the visit secret had been firmly overridden by George VI, who said: "My people have a right to know where I am, and I don't wish the first news ... to be reported by Lord Haw-Haw of Zeesen...
...years their independence largely depended on the Germans protecting them from the Russians, and vice versa, when the Soviet Union began to attack the Finns last week they took it calmly. President Kyosti Kallio proclaimed a "state of siege." Foreign Minister Erkko observed: "Once and for all, I wish to say in all solemnity that Finland has not wanted war, has no desire to be a threat to anyone and has no desire to become the instrument of a third power." Then they got on with...