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...have occasional sandstorms here in Owens Valley, but the climate is very good for our health. We are enjoying our new home to the utmost, and under the snow-covered High Sierra mountains our life is just wonderful...
...chief aim of Mr. Jones's testimony was to create an impression 'that he had done his utmost-that any failure of accomplishment ought to be chalked up against somebody else...
Douglas MacArthur once said in the Philippines: "The United States has ordered me to defend these islands. I propose to defend them." Having defended them to the utmost, he spoke in candor and earnestness when he now proposed to relieve them. On his way southward he spoke incessantly of retaking the Philippines. If it was an obsession-perhaps a little out of focus with his new and larger task in Australia-it was natural for a man who had been through what he had in 94 days of fierce fighting and brilliant resistance...
...mountain masses along the India border would slow if not halt the penetrative Japanese. Mongols, invading India seven centuries ago, had shied off from those ranges and chosen to enter by easier routes from the northwest. But north Burma had one immense value which compelled its defense to the utmost. Through mountains to the north the Chinese were boring a new truck route to China, to replace the lost Burma Road. A regular air-freight route over the same mountains was also in prospect. Through a few high and difficult passes (see map), elephant trains had already borne some supplies...
This year the administration must choose between two traditions, both long cherished at Harvard. One is the rule that recipients must receive honorary degrees in person and the other is the University's desire, particularly in times of crisis like the present, to do its utmost to recognize and stimulate patriotic devotion to the nation...