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...Ramparts. To Bradley, both the pact and "some military assistance" were needed if Europe was to have both the means and the will to resist aggression. "The North Atlantic pact," said Bradley, "would enable free nations of the Old World and the New to funnel the great strength of our New World to the ramparts of the Old, and thus challenge an enemy where he would transgress . . . Not until we share our strength on a common defensive front can we hope [for] a real deterrent...
During the "heated" discussion, the delegation insisted that students are smart enough to resist the influence of organizations advocating un-American ways, but should be allowed to hear and understand all political views. The suggestion was accepted as ADA policy after considerable pushing by the HLU delegation, Levine said...
...audience in San Francisco's huge, hangarlike Civic Auditorium was in fine fettle. Even Master of Ceremonies John Charles Thomas couldn't resist getting into the act. "I'm glad to see such a crowd," he roared. "Word must have got around that I won't sing tonight...
...increase in centralization and wanted to keep bond operations in the hands of the Federal Open Market Committee. Said ex-President Hoover, who has had long experience with both businessmen and bureaucrats: "By the time it is all over, we expect an aggregate of 100% of those affected to resist reforms...
McGuire believes that the only thing that can save the West is a supreme effort of will: "However the story ends, our business is to resist the bastard fatalism which now infects us ... Freedom is not found in fatalism and passivity. Freedom is for men of good will. Freedom is for the brave...