Word: lesson
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...this case, however," say Alsop & Kintner, "far more than in any other, the ultimate decision must rest wholly with public opinion. If our history has a lesson, it is that in these times one must pray, above all things, that public opinion will be wise and well-informed...
...whether or not they should have a union (and which union) to bargain for them with their bosses. Six years ago, before the Wagner Act and NLRB, such an election would not have been possible in the U. S. Three years ago, before sitdowns and the slow, arduous lesson in industrial relations which followed, such an election could not have been held in General Motors. Last week, on corporation property, corporation time and with the corporation blessing, 68% of the employes in 48 plants chose the C. I. O. autoworkers' union, 21% preferred a rump...
Said a Swedish official in rebuttal: "We know that some young members of the Navy have been Nazis, but they are being watched. . . . Admiral Lindsström is a Swede who will obey his King." With Norway as an object lesson, Sweden has at least had an opportunity to prepare against a Nazi Fifth Column...
...Flint, Mich., Factory Worker William Zarogny, 26, climbed into an airplane for a flying lesson before his instructor had got aboard, opened the throttle by accident, zoomed downfield toward a crowd of children. Clutching the stick, he roared aloft. While firemen, police and an ambulance assembled, he made several bungling attempts to land, then made a neat three-point landing before them...
...ministers of Christ thus can sanction men in their slaying of one another in war. Yet the great lesson which Christ's way of life taught to a warlike world was the victory of love over force. We turn to the Christian religion for inspiration in this matter. How discouraging it is when its leaders pledge Christ's support for our bloody strivings for victory. George B. Mathues, Secretary, Harvard Pacifist Association...