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...other side of the world, Japan's war lords could watch these events with profound and somber interest. They might or might not reflect that less than six months ago Germany had still owned the strength to inflict cruel setbacks on her foes at the Roer and in the Ardennes forest. They might or might not see that some breaking point had been reached, after which the German catastrophe had gathered volume and speed like an Alpine avalanche. And they might or might not wonder when the breaking point would come for Japan...
...press is on exhibition at this conference and a lot of showoffs in the business aren't doing it any good. The wild predictions about what's going to happen and the utterly irresponsible experting by amateurs and cookoos ... don't reflect any credit on the once-proud fourth estate...
...natural result of existing conditions, since most of the papers follow a conservative line politically and economically, due to the large capitalistic interests of the majority of paper owners. Naturally the economic beliefs of such men run parallel to those of other heavy investors and their papers reflect the conservative, moneyed interests of their owners...
...into flower again in Lausanne's formal gardens. For another spring had come to the new ruins of old Europe, amidst which the Count was somewhat surprised to find himself alive. From the Beau-Rivage Hotel, Mussolini's ex-finance minister could watch the Lake of Geneva reflect the blue sky as in a sun-flecked mirror. Some mornings were so crisp that the Count could see clear across to Evians-les-Bainson the French shore, where, in the evil old days before the war, he and his playfellows of Europe's smart set used to play...
...There is no reason to suppose that our congregations will fall rapidly away when the war is over. They went up during the years from 1918 to 1920. Thereafter, it is true, they began to decline and thus to reflect the mood of disillusionment which was abroad at that time. We shall undoubtedly see some waning ardors when the present war is over. Such a reaction is in the order of nature, due simply to human weariness. But it is not probable that the trough of the wave will be as deep as it was the last time...