Word: reflectively
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...elderly brass hat?" "If," suggested the Herald, "only the youths from public schools prove to be efficient officers, it would be well if the public schools, which were founded for the poor . . . should be given back to the classes for whom they were intended." "The views expressed . . . do not reflect those of the War Office," announced the Army spokesman...
...entered grimly, not as a matter of cheering and singing but as something to be gotten over with. Let America understand that it can be at best a negative war, for the destruction of the Nazis; and before slic plunges in let her pause a moment and reflect that when she, the last major nation at peace, is swept from her moorings the result may be the destruction of "our way of life" as well...
...consumers bought new cars partly in fear of priorities, they bought other things because they had money to spend. Retail sales in 1940's last quarter ran about 10% ahead of 1939. Sears and Montgomery Ward, whose sales reflect farm buying, set new sales records in 1940-10-15% above...
...have given Comrade Stalin satisfaction to reflect that he had taught the tough-skulled British another lesson without hurting his own cause one whit. For Russia fears nothing from any nation on earth except Germany. Fear of Germany and shrewd appraisal of Germany's needs help to lead Russia into bargains with Germany. Last year's bargain gave Russia a year of peace, new territory, and easier frontiers to defend. This year's bargain, whatever it may be, was probably designed with the same ends in view...
...exile, Tugwell first took a flyer in the sugar business. His next job was the chairmanship of Fiorello LaGuardia's New York City Planning Commission. In this job, he had time to reflect on two things: 1 ) the fact that his more discreet friend, Adolph A. Berle Jr., whose economics are even less laissez-fairist than his, nevertheless managed to be an eminently respectable Assistant Secretary of State; 2) the long-range problem of integrating municipal spending and taxing with Federal fiscal policy...