Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Falangist press did its utmost to emphasize that the naval call represented "the real feeling of U.S. public opinion toward Spain." An editorial in Juventad proclaimed: "American friends, we . . . have more reasons to hate you than to love you . . . But we can forgive all when he who has offended comes to us with a smile on his lips. In this case our pride gives way to simpatia, and we are ready to fraternize with our old enemy who is now our new friend...
...private cocktail party in the chargé d'affaires' home. Unlike the Navy, which thinks of Spain as a neglected sector of Western Europe's defense, State thinks that the only way to liberalize Franco's regime is through the hostility of U.S. opinion towards the Spanish dictator. Now, wailed DOS men, Franco would be harder than ever to liberalize. Undeniably, the Navy's independent foreign policy had bolstered Franco's internal position...
...trading world outside what Bevin calls "the ruble area." But they would also defend Britain's present bilateral trade deals with other countries (e.g., Argentina) as an unavoidable expedient so long as the dollar shortage lasts. They would have a fairly shrewd notion of the American climate of opinion, of what they might ask and expect to receive...
Cripps appeared still dead set against devaluation of the pound ("A rude word not allowed to be scribbled on the Treasury walls," cracked one British official). But more & more, in the face of Britain's dwindling dollar reserves, British opinion itself was pressing for devaluation. It was argued that devaluation was inevitable anyway, and that its delay had become a "psychological" obstacle to traders in the sterling area. London's Economist summoned British "statesmanship" to meet the crisis with "imagination...
...liberal arts secondary. One group who are inclined to reverse the order: college graduates themselves. But even with them, the liberal arts have no runaway; 44% of the grads prefer a liberal arts emphasis, 38% are for technical and professional emphasis, and 18% say "it depends" or have no opinion...