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...devotion of the Japanese people to their Emperor, his trial and execution would have necessitated an additional million troops successfully to carry out the occupation of Japan." MacArthur added that the U.S. should turn back control of "socalled" war criminals to their own governments and abrogate the concept of war crimes tribunals: "Their intent, of course, was to establish higher moral standards for the waging of war. I don't think they have succeeded in bringing about these high motives...
...Samuel Cardinal Stritch of Chicago called for a restoration of the "Madonna concept" of woman to combat "sexualism and virulent attacks on family life." "The world seems to have gone sex crazy," he told the National Catholic Women's Union. Women must be restored to a position of "sacred dignity" and play the role of the Virgin Mary in "home, neighborhood, community and nation...
...space age. By week's end, in millions of U.S. homes, the bright-eyed youngster with a space helmet in the closet and a space comic under his pillow was being listened to with new interest. Man seemed to be much closer to Whitman's eerie concept of other globes springing out noiseless from...
...made several demonstration landings and take-offs on the water. Unlike regular amphibians, the two-engined YC-123E loses a minimum of speed and range with its new landing gear, can land on concrete runways or snow as well as water. Designed by Stroukoff Aircraft Corp., the Panto-base concept may later be adapted to other land-based transports that have engines placed so that propellers are clear during water landings and takeoffs...
...butter, a ròtisseur grilled the kidney, a saucier dished up the truffle sauce, and a gourmet was made ecstatic in only a few minutes. Traditionally, a luncheon for 40 might consist of 40 courses, and a dinner might last 18 hours, but Escoffier forged a new concept, replacing Gargantuan plenitude and baroque splendor with classic simplicity. His menus were like symphonies in their gradation of tastes...