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...this some kind of private war, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt against Adolf Hitler? Was such a decision indicated by Navy Secretary Knox's sounding off that Hitler was the No. 1 enemy? That would be a shock to U.S. civilians, who had picked the Japanese as their enemy, who were fighting them in bars, on benches,over tables, at their desks, in their armchairs and with their imaginations...
...have been undertaken partly as morale builders, but Haakon VII's German-hating subjects seem sold on the theory that Commando forays are preludes to an Allied invasion of Europe. Norse cooperation with the raiding parties is so flagrant that homes of persons identified with these invading shock troops are burned, their male relatives arrested...
...every 20 or 30 years a quake of tremendous dimensions hits the islands," he said. "That's when the big blowoff comes. The last terrible shock hit Tokyo in 1923, so that from statistics we can be reasonably sure that Japan will suffer another one sometime after...
...announcement in Tuesday's Crimson that the Fine Arts Department is to offer a course in camouflage came as a distinct shock. That camouflage is a "fine art" to be practiced by artists and their parasites is a fallacy which should long ago have been discredited. Moreover, the Fogg is incompetent to deal even with the very minor part of the problem which painting comprises...
Likewise in dealing with our conquered enemies, if we operate on the principle that with their leaders gone they'll become peace loving and democratic, we're in for a shock. You don't go fight an all out war, get defeated, and cheerfully say, "Oh, yes, we were wrong." Take Germany for example. It's not going to be any easier bringing her back into the fold this time than it was in 1919 an if we start off on the principle that we just cast her loose we'll end up where we are now again...