Word: discussable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gandhi at once began working harder than before. He received the Indian National Congress Party Working Committee to discuss ways of continuing to protest British rule. Among those present: huge, bearded Abdul Gaffar Khan, a Moslem who spends his life preaching Hindu Gandhi's nonviolence principles to the fierce Pathans of the Northwest Frontier Province; the Congress Party's spade-bearded Moslem President, Maulana Abdulkalam Azad, who gesticulates like a French prefect; the poetess and veteran Congresswoman, Madame Sarojini Naidu, Gandhi's principal female disciple, who calls him Mickey Mouse; India's second-best-known citizen...
Chairman of the afternoon session, which begins at 4 o'clock, is Sidney B. Fay '96, professor of History. The first of three afternoon speakers will be Gottfried Haberler, professor of Economics and research worker for the League, who will discuss "Economic Reconstruction and the League of Nations." Christian A. Herter '15, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and now a candidate for Congress, will analyze "American Sociological Factors and the Future League...
Although Perkins will devote future discussions to the individual problems which he has encountered during the week, his first talk will be on the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps. He will discuss in particular the relative importance of grades and other factors...
...Ashamed." Last week in Cleveland another hero spoke up bluntly. After listening to the Kiwanis Club discuss when & where to hold its picnic, up rose Lieut. William M. Bower, one of the 80 airmen who bombed Tokyo. Said he: "It's no picnic out there for your sons. They are having no good times. It is no time for good times. I'm disappointed by what I have found since I got back to my country. I'm disappointed at the failure of the people to realize that we are in a war-a war that...
...been impressed by the methods of big business organizations, say the H. J. Heinz Co., in keeping their salesmen on their toes. Every once in a while these salesmen are brought in from their territories. They're given up-to-the-minute information and news of developments, they discuss experiences with each other, and they're shown a good time. Then they go back to their territories-and they get results...