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...entrance examination would consist of having hundreds of beautiful chorus girls, scantily clothed, lounging around the Yard, beside tables of delectable edibles. Any prospective student who possessed the moral character to withstand the seductive charms of both the women and food for three days would then be eligible to attend the Sorokin Academy; provided that he was also a mental genius...
...will crush out the deep seated feeling in the hearts of millions of Americans that these pledges are little more than words, that Roosevelt as President will lead us all the way down the bloody road, that Willkie as President, whatever his intentions, would 'likewise be unable to withstand the pressure for intervention...
Before the Los Angeles Advertising Club, Speaker Thomas Hambly Beck, president of Crowell Publishing Co. (Collier's, Woman's Home Companion, American Magazine) dramatically gave up the British ghost: "The bombing that is going on is so terrific that no people can withstand it. In my opinion, the British Empire will be finished by the end of this month...
...softened up" the country by sustained, concentrated bombardment. Only the first phase of the Battle of Britain began last week. To meet it, 1,250,000 air-raid protection workers were at their posts. Airraid shelters which would withstand anything but 500-lb. bombs within 30 ft. were available for 12,000,000 persons. Ready also were 2,000 first-aid stations, 190,000 ambulances, 300,000 hospital beds. The public was urged to carry clean handkerchiefs or towels, be ready to see and bind up severe wounds. Lovers were warned not to park in country lanes lest they...
France is gathering all her energies to withstand the new blows. When are they coming? How? Where? A short time will tell you. Once more we may be stabbed in the back by another man who has refused to listen to all voices from afar, who has refused all generous offers. He is ready to plunge his own people into disaster. He may deliberately increase the world's burden of horrors. But he fails to understand the moral temperature of France and England. During the last three weeks they have bent, but are not broken. To be sure of this...