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...element of tremendous fanaticism and the well-trained forces, totally out of proportion with the size of the country, make Japan a dangerous military opponent," stated William H. Chamberlin, former foreign correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor...
...faith, written as an introduction for the catalogue of the show: "I believe that a work of art is the outcome of a spiritual process, involving the artist's mind and heart and imagination, all acting in the language of proficient craftsmanship and enriched by the crowning element of style...
Discussing primarily the reconstruction of Germany, Pol started by stating that he would speak "less of reconstruction than of destruction." He went on to describe "the Nazis behind the Nazis," the Pan-German element that has been the deciding factor in German politics for over 50 years, continually exerting a reactionary and aggressive influence...
Because Marshal von Bock could not advance speedily, the element of surprise was largely denied him. The usually ponderous Russians could see what he was trying to do, were able to take counter-measures (see black arrows on map, p. 24). They claimed that they were squeezing his northern prong into a virtual encirclement, that they were slowing the southern prong...
Today the Congress of the United States will assemble to register its most important decision since 1917, a decision which events have rendered inevitable as a declaration of war against Japan. With a suddenness and an element of implausibility reminiscent of Orson Wells' Martin broadcast, radio announcers broke the news to the nation yesterday afternoon that Hawaii, as much a part of the country from a psychological point of view as Omaha or Kansas City, had been attacked without warning. In the minds of every listener there was no question but that a declaration of war would be almost immediate...