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...Revise Britain's foreign policy in order to rid the world of the "faded monarchies and obsolete social systems" of Europe...
They would get rid of the 5,500 ships in this fashion: 1,325 to U.S. operators; 1,050 to foreign operators (for cash only) ; 1,000 good ships as a "Balanced Reserve Fleet" to be kept in first-class condition but "sterilized" (frozen out of competition), some 2,100 ships of dubious value either kept in a "Residual Reserve" or scrapped. Most of this latter class, presumably, would be Liberty ships, which the Harvard group called uneconomical. (Shipping men consider them economical for hauling low-grade, no-hurry cargoes...
Ella Logan, ballad swinger on a U.S.O. swing through Europe, broke out (in Darmstadt, Germany) with a blast at fraternization, which looked to her like a Hitler dream-fulfillment. "Having gotten rid of a good part of the German male population, which normally would keep the population down," she reasoned, "I don't see why our boys should step into their shoes in that department...
...legation's secret NKVD agent took Barmine out for a drink and regaled him with stories of his former success in kidnapping recalcitrant comrades. Then he added: "You know, it wouldn't be difficult to get rid of a man in this country. There's always somebody willing to undertake a little job of that kind for five or ten thousand drachmas, and you can take it from me the police will know nothing...
Junyer makes a parenthetical contention: that music concerts should be rid of visible musicians ("It is awful to look at the physical movements of musicians themselves"). Instead, he argues, listeners' visual attention should be diverted to scenery-especially adapted to different compositions, different composers...