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Britain's contingent was even bigger. China's delegation was small by comparison: ten officers headed by General Shang Cheng, Director of Foreign Affairs of the National Military Council; Chiang Kai-shek acted only as head of his political mission, consulting with Roosevelt and Churchill on general questions but attending none of the military discussions...
...that trinity you will have two partners of immense power and resources-Russia and America-and you will have this island, the heart of the Empire and of the Commonwealth, weak in her European resources in comparison with the vast resources of the other two. An unequal partnership, I am afraid...
Baldwin's serious charge: the Bureau of Ordnance is clogged by inertia and inefficiency, specifically in the development of naval mines and torpedoes; the Navy itself countenances inefficiency in high ranks, has done nothing to rid its command of deadwood. His invidious comparison: the Army...
From these findings Psychologist Ramsey drew no moral but, by comparison with studies of "an older generation," he was inclined to think that boys today get (or admit) much more sexual experience than their fathers...
...Hard to forgive is the implied comparison ... of the regrettable Benito with Mr. Toad (TIME, Aug. 9). I have known Toad for 25 years, and I resent the slur upon his good name. He is a windbag, no doubt, but generous and lovable, with no harm...