Word: alterity
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...Japan is the glee with which the most in human proposals are brought forward and the evident pleasure with which they are received by our fellow citizens. . . . The peace of the world depends upon the restoration of the German and the Japanese people. The wildest atrocity stories can not alter the simple truths that all men are human, that no men are beasts. . . . Let us remember that vengeance is the Lord...
...Department strategists were frankly worried. Any delay which gave the Japs a breather would alter the Pacific schedule and might cost U.S. lives. But there was not much the High Command could do about it while the Nazis continued to resist...
...stand up to anything. Except for Germania and Swastika, not a single U.S. town has shed its German name. All four Tokyos have survived, showing, says Author Stewart, "that the state of mind seems to be more strongly than ever that the names belong to us-to alter them would be repudiation of our own history." As Mrs. Ara Green, assistant postmistress of Tokyo, Tex. (pop. 50) put the matter: "We have started out to change the other Tokyo...
...special assistant and adviser to the President of the United States." Actually, his job is much more complex. It is a unique position in the U.S. Government. Specifically it calls for the qualities of a secretary, expediter, administrator, errand boy, good listener, executive, idea man, boon companion, and alter ego. There is no law covering it, the occupant need not be confirmed by Congress, he is responsible to no one except the President, and he can make the job what he will. When Hopkins quits (unlikely) or dies, the job will vanish...
...people of Norway were still skeptical. They wanted proof that all Norwegian Christians were facing in the same direction. Thanks to the Nazis, they soon got it. The puppet government ordered the Church to alter its Common Prayer, omitting the King's name and substituting those of the quisling authorities. Bishop Berggrav flatly refused...