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Marshall|ˈmɑːʃəl|
The name of George C. Marshall (1880–1959), Secretary of State in the U.S.A. from 1947 to 1949, used attrib. to designate a plan initiated by him in 1947 to supply financial assistance to certain Western European countries to further their recovery after the 1939–45 war. Also applied to the aid so given or the nations receiving it.
1947N.Y. Times 28 Dec. vi. 24/3 If at the end of the first year of the Marshall plan, Europe is not showing dividends, you will see what a collapse there will be. 1948Observer 18 Apr. 4/6 The Paris conference of the 16—now, with the accession of the Western zones of Germany, 17—Marshall nations has made history. 1950Times 6 July 5/2 Marshall aid authorizations for Britain during the month were..the second largest sum earmarked in May. 1952R. Knox Hidden Stream vi. 54 Almighty God never goes in for Marshall plans, he always gives us more than we ask for. 1958Listener 24 July 117/2 It looks..as though the United States are now beginning a new sort of Marshall Aid policy towards their southern neighbours. 1958Spectator 15 Aug. 233/3 The Marshall-planned reconstruction of Europe. 1959Political Sci. Q. LXXIV. 240 The principal object of the Marshall plan was to assist Europe to rehabilitate its factories and workshops so that its citizens would once again find employment and make their contributions to the channels of trade. 1975Sat. Rev. 25 Jan. 16/3 The United States is back in the business of propping up Europe, although by more sophisticated mechanisms than the straight-aid programs of the Marshall Plan. 1975Times 9 May 16/7 In the postwar period most West Germans regarded America as the great good place, the magnanimous victor whose Marshall Aid raised them from the ruins. |