Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Unwanted Children. All this was only one side of the argument. Before the committee makes up its mind and perhaps a new U.S. policy, it plans to hear from all sides, particularly from the 13 companies concerned. Some of them, notably International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. and Radio Corp. of America, which generally favor the merger, have had nothing to say so far on Forrestal's proposal...
...have said in substance that there is a basic argument now going on between communism and democracy . . . with such likelihood of disastrous outcome that the Muse of History must withdraw from the stage and leave the matter to the contemplation of Muse of Tragedy...
Stoutly against it were 17 other U.S. airlines, many of which have gained solid overseas-operations experience during the war. They insisted on a policy of regulated competition, permitting all qualified comers to pitch in and fly for the postwar trade. While no man knew how (or when) the argument would be settled, U.S. airmen did know one thing for sure: once again, in a vital matter touching on U.S. foreign policy and trade, the U.S. had been caught sucking its thumb and trying to decide what...
Washington, which already has an engineering school, had the word of Northwestern University's Engineering Dean Ovid Wallace Eshbach that the money is not enough to finance a new school. Washington was also favored by the trustee bank. Its argument rejected by the Cook County Court, Washington appealed and last month won a decision from the Illinois Appellate Court. Next week St. Louis U. plans to petition the Illinois Supreme Court for another test...
Question of Influence. Canada has long insisted that the original provisions of the Dumbarton Oaks formula, which will be activated at San Francisco, should be modified to give a stronger say in world affairs to "middle powers" like Canada, Australia, The Netherlands. Canada's argument is that, since these nations have contributed both blood and resources to the Allied victory, they should have something to say about the peace. But under...