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Leach doubted whether, in the event of a British defeat, South America would be an asset to us. South America can be acquired "at blitzkrieg tempo" by a ruthless nation with a strong fleet and long-range bombers, he said, and our good-neighbor policy is "an artificial trifle" when compared with that threat...
...time during the vacation for Christmas cheer among the forces of William Allen White, Verne Marshall, the columnists and the politicians; they were too busy clarifying their positions and branding each other as small minorities seeking to mislead the people. The two weeks of the vacation witnessed a heightening tempo of war fever and of bitter debate, reaching a mighty crescendo in President Roosevelt's defiant message to Congress yesterday...
...Swing Tempo...
...original subscriber and cover-to-cover reader of TIME, I was naturally much pleased to see your interestingly written article (Nov. 18) telling about my work at Field Museum in dramatizing the natural sciences for the layman in swing tempo...
...might be of interest for you to know that your excellent Science section has often helped me in humanizing otherwise dry scientific facts. The swing tempo and pungent phrases I give to these lectures, I must confess, are frequently inspired by TIME. And so, in addition to expressing my present appreciation, I wish also to thank you for the inspirations and many, many interesting hours . . . since the "very beginning of TIME...