Word: suggestion
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...present conflicts as 'merely a clash of rival imperialisms' can spring only from ignorance or moral confusion. The basic distinction between civilizations in which justice and freedom are still realities and those in which they have been displaced by ruthless tyranny cannot be ignored. ... To suggest that nothing of consequence is at stake in the success of Japanese, German and Russian designs on China, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland and the Baltic States, or in the successful resistance of these latter nations, is to be guilty of moral irresponsibility...
...final question was, "The President's role in a warring world is that of (a) an active (or passive, i.e. 'available') arbitrator or (b) an active (or passive) isolationist. Select one, or suggest an alternative, and defend. Five minutes...
...years ago, opposing factions of the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania thought they saw a chance for compromise if they would get Joseph F. Guffey out of the U. S. Senate. "I need Joe Guffey in the Senate," said President Roosevelt. "I suggest you leave him there." They did. Political war continued to rage in Pennsylvania. Last week, John B. Kelly, chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic Committee, went to the President to suggest a peace formula: get Joe Guffey not to run again for the Senate...
...Lawrence's appealing fiction the rules of composition are observed ("he said" and "she said" correctly varied) and the plot goes merrily as the wedding bell her heroine would like to hear. If the writing were as sensitive as it is honest, this novel would do more than suggest the miasmal human pathos and selfishness inherent in its material...