Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...poll can be checked periodically by the results of elections. The poll conducted by Defense cannot be so easily confirmed and is therefore subject to attack. Any poll which did not cover every Harvard student would be challenged by somebody. It is to be doubted that the Crimson would accept any result which did not conform to its impression of the facts. If the Crimson is sincere, if you are not opposing just for the sake of opposition, there is an easy way to find out if our poll is accurate. That is to conduct a poll of your...
...those opposed to all aid, those in favor of limited material aid, and those in favor of all material aid, is approximately 52 per cent. This would hardly justify the statement by Defense that "all aid to Britain is the overwhelming demand of Harvard undergraduates." For if we accept the figures given here, 52 per cent of Harvard undergraduates do not favor "all aid to Britain"--are, to speak plainly, opposed to war for America...
...hope that all those who wish the opportunity to discuss such a program not only with their fellow-Harvardians, but also with students from all sections of the United States, will accept this invitation. Gabriel Jackson '42, Robert Wechsler...
...loan to China of $100,000,000 (TIME, Dec. 9). An unidentified Japanese, described as "an elderly individual, apparently a religious fanatic." defiled the white gateposts of the U. S. Embassy with two buckets of filth. The Tokyo newspaper Miyako warned: "Cases may arise where Japan is forced to accept the American challenge." On the specific subject of whether Admiral Nomura could smooth U. S.-Japanese relations, militant Koknmin wrote: "Our people should know that relations between the two countries are so hopelessly strained they do not allow for such wishful thinking...
...ideas seem oblique, but they seem oblique here because an attempt has been made to translate them into prose, which should not have been done in the first place. If the reader should be bogged down by the poems, but is willing to accept their challenge, he has a wealth of critical material from which to get help...