Word: must
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Association last night indicates that the hour for a final decision by the American People between peace and war is drawing near. The Ambassador does not protend that aid by measures short of war will be enough for Great Britain in her present need. He states frankly that America must decide whether it is to her interest to give Britain "whatever assistance may be necessary in order to make certain that Britain shall not fall...
...There must be very strong and cogent reasons for repudiating these pledges immediately after the election. The repudiation by the British Government after the parliamentary elections five years ago of its pledges to maintain the system of collective security was one of the principal causes of the weakness and ultimate failure of its foreign policy. The loss of confidence on the part of the French people in the good faith of their rulers in recent years contributed greatly to the dismal collapse of the Republic These are the outstanding lessons of recent European politics. They will not be forgotten...
...American people are not unthinking pacifists. They are willing to fight for causes which seem to justify fighting. But it is necessary that the justification be clear and cogent and consistent with American interests. We recognize that there must be a new order of some kind after this war. But the kind of new order for which Americans may be expected to fight is one which can rest on the consent of the peoples who may be concerned. A new balance of power, which can be maintained only by a constant threat of forcible intervention in Europe...
...Long Voyage Home" is this department's candidate for the best picture of the year. Cute plots, snappy lines, and plenty of scotch-and-sodas are okay in their place; but when it comes down to producing a show that means something, that packs a punch, Hollywood must go back to its source material, life itself, and reproduce it faithfully. Masters of reality are Playwright Eugene O'Neil and Director John Ford of "The Informer." Together they have created a film of the voyage of a tramp steamer from the West Indies to England, a film which, in all sincerity...
...blessed with a villain who commands his plantation slaves by shooting a gun over their heads, a blushing damsel, a Frenchman with mustachios and a hero who extricates himself from spots tighter than his 1890 pants. The farce is flavored with one ridiculous situation after another, though it must be admitted that by the end of the second act the punch has waned and only some commendable acting keeps the seats bouncing...