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...Lynd went on to say, "as a private individual who, unlike most, has constructive plans for the future." Nesin added that "we are picking the clearest figure," Newspaper treatment, said Nesin, has been unfair and biased; it is the aim of the Committee for Wallace to present his views straight-forward as they stand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wallace Body Hits Militarist Policies in US | 12/16/1947 | See Source »

R.I.P. In Rockford, Ill., the. tombstone of Criminal Lawyer John Goembel bore the straight-forward inscription: "The Defense Rests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 14, 1946 | 1/14/1946 | See Source »

Perhaps the most straight-forward of all the Advocate's offerings, "The Little Sins," may prove the most useful, especially to Freshmen. It is a rambling but well written and enjoyable description of the paths that may take the newcomer in Cambridge from Puritanism to Pub. Many of the suggestions are well worth following--by anyone...

Author: By Lawrence Lader, | Title: ON THE SHELF | 9/24/1940 | See Source »

...Neutrality Act is clear as crystal, straight-forward, factual, and logical. The President's speeches are not. In fact, the President's whole foreign policy is not. He seems to believe certain things which he dares not say out loud--that we cannot let the Allies lose, that they may very well lose without vigorous aid from us, that a victorious Germany could carry out an armed conquest of this country. He does not tell us these things directly, or even indicate exactly why they may be true. And yet, his talks are shot through with annoyance at anyone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT AND THE LAW | 5/14/1940 | See Source »

...join. They want to know whether a policy is to be formulated, and if so, how and what. They feel that the vague program of discussion, publicity, and opposition to "mass fatalism" is negative and incomplete. They are asking for a positive program, with well defined objectives and straight-forward means of reaching them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A HOUSE BUILT ON A ROCK | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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