Word: fields
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...against the Communists of Asia could not be won by military means alone but required political savvy as well. An attempt to win it, as the U.S. was doing in Korea, only by force of arms would court eventual failure and force upon U.S. soldiers in the field acts and attitudes of the utmost savagery...
...Bulging Waistline." The other thing to understand about U.S. politics, says Author Allen, is political loyalty, which is "a special kind of virtue ... In a field of activity where the outs are forever on the hunt for some way of getting in; the ins must herd together for mutual protection, rumps together and horns presented to the would-be intruders...
Drinking & Gambling. In some respects, the world seemed to have changed little in the last 100 years. Said Harper's in 1851: "It is supposed that in case of war Russia is able to send into the field not less than 800,000 men. This immense disposable force, absolutely under the control of the Emperor, renders the power of Russia imminently dangerous to the peace of Europe." At home Harper's kept its editorial finger on the pulse of a lively, swiftly changing nation. It reported that in San Francisco in 1855, "the places of universal resort were...
...real good ball club," he complained. "I don't think they're any better than we are." Yet, every day out, the Yankees were good enough to take the champions of the National League. After four days of it, the Yankees romped off the field with their 13th World Series...
...schools. But one fact stood out about all teacher education: "A great many of the teachers' colleges bring an inferior faculty and an inferior student body together in an inferior physical plant. And what is even more astonishing to me is that most of the people in the field take this for granted. 'Of course you can't expect a teachers' college to offer the cultural opportunities that a private liberal arts college can give,' one president of a teachers' college told...