Word: matters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...having read of this public accusation, would not have the necessary respect for, and confidence in me, which the commander in chief of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean forces should enjoy in his relations with officials of other governments ... I would be under an undesirable restraint on the vital matter of frank discussion with the military representatives of other North Atlantic pact nations. My views on combined strategy, and particularly on naval participation . . . might re-open the recent controversy to the embarrassment of my colleagues, my superiors and our Government...
...seemed the FBI had destroyed many of the records. The Government added hastily that the FBI had not gotten much from the wire taps, anyway; its case was based on other evidence. The Government's attorneys, plainly unhappy, wished that the judge would let the whole matter drop and get the trial started...
...Indonesians, the Dutch, and the U.N. Commission for Indonesia, whose conciliatory work had been at least in part responsible for the birth of the new nation. But the Russians cast their 42nd and 43rd veto in the Council to block the congratulatory messages. During the debate on the matter, the Ukrainian delegate boasted that Communist guerrillas in Indonesia had launched a new offensive against Soekarno's republic. For Indonesians, as Soekarno himself had put it: "Things are not yet all moonlight and roses...
Discrimination is not susceptible of a black-and-white solution. For those who practice it, it is logical and--in the mind of the practitioner--perfectly justified. Fighting it effectively is basically a matter of persuasion rather than publicity alone; and it is certainly not a matter for charter reform...
...question of having an anti-discrimination clause in the new "Rules for Undergraduate Organizations" was brought up at the Council meeting last Monday. It was tabled until this week so that any undergraduates with opinions on the matter could discuss them with the Council...