Word: cleared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Marines or constables, it seemed clear that the U. S. mail had been hijacked by Britishers. Congressmen were hopping...
...might apply it to America's attitude and reaction to war. Empirically war has been found to cause trouble. Rationally, it is unacceptable. War destroys both men and society. Finally, Americans have a powerful intuitive repulsion to killing. Using Professor Sorokin's integral method of approach it seems clear that people should make a conscious effort to eliminate war, to extract the thorn in the flesh of civilization. However, from its narrow empirical point of view, America acts on its experience that war may be bad for combatants but is eminently profitable for non-combatants, so it exploits...
...foot floor space, there is ample room for the players to manoeuver into position, and the length makes much of the game depend on the speed of the ponies and the skill of the riders. On the New Haven floor any hard-driven shot from one end will travel clear to the other, and for a player accustomed to playing on that floor it is a simple thing to score a long-shot goal. Also, the effect of the ponies' speed is reduced to a minimum...
...Justice Holmes," as well as the title essay, show the author's brilliant, liberal mind attacking a wide variety of problems. In only one case--the "Nationalism" speech--has he found it necessary to make some additions as of 1939. And the additions only point out what is already clear--Mr. Laski's conclusion that a federation of nations is essential is even more true in 1939 than...
Several landscapes by Adolf Dehn lend a placid note to an otherwise fantastic exhibit. With paintings by Grosz, Braque, Archipenko, and Gleizes decorating the walls, it might be assumed that the conservative Dehn watercolors would be reduced to insignificance. But Dehn does more than hold his own. His clear, wind-washed landscapes are executed in a manner similar to that of Edward Hopper. The colors are neutralized but are far from dirty; Dehn's whole technique is that of a careful, better-than-average artist...