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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...bombing of Monte Cassino Abbey was a "tragic mistake ... I said then that there was no evidence the Germans were using the Abbey for military purposes. I say now that there is irrefutable evidence that no German soldier, except emissaries, was ever inside the Monastery ... It only made our job more difficult." The bombing, says Clark, was ordered only on the insistence of Lieut. General Bernard Freyberg, commander of the New Zealand Corps, that it was a military necessity. After the bombing of the Abbey and the surrounding slopes, Clark says, Freyberg's forces failed to attack quickly enough...
...crisis like the Korean invasion arose next week, Russia would undoubtedly veto Council action. Under the present rules, U.N. would thereafter be unable to do anything except talk. Under the proposed rules, the Assembly would go into session, hear from its Commission and call up the nations to fight the aggressor with those units of their armed forces that had been specially trained for U.N. work...
Cary's style is easy and conversational. Except for the first seven pages, the story is written entirely in the present tense, which gives it the quality of a synopsis. That is precisely what it is: the synopsis of a whole block of English history, told through the life of one woman. "A Fearful Joy" avoids the monotony of a synopsis, however; Cary chooses his incidents well, and his story is well-paced...
...added that "the University sets the tone of Princeton, and also the prevailing wage standards. Except for the stewards, colored people working at the (upperclass) clubs receive vary little increase in wages...
...find mid-term grades on a list of war mobilization measures at this time is surprising. The Administrative Board has already decided that partial or "cumulative" credits are not now a necessity, no doubt figuring that Selective Service will not be calling many men out of College except at the end of a term or year. It therefore seems absurd to link the return to mid-term grades to any string of crucial war measures today...