Word: absurdities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...endanger the eastern horn of Hokkaido as the Karafuto offensive would endanger that to the west. So great would be the peril to Japan that Tokyo's first thought would be to withdraw its forces for the defense of the homeland. The United Nations could then accept 'absurd' risks. Once entrenched in Hokkaido, they need no longer fear any of the Nipponese far-flung pincers. The garrisons of Alaska, Hawaii and the American West Coast could be safely thrown into the Hokkaido drive against Honshu and Tokyo." Adds Kiralfy, "Chicago can be better protected in Hokkaido than...
...Daily Northwestern" has resumed its normal coverage; student indignation over an absurd policy which made their newspaper about as current as a 1920 Sears-Roebuck catalogue forced the University and the Board of Publications to retract their ruling. But bad taste and mutual distrust have remained...
...Absurd Headlines
...without warrant and out of all proportions the few successes that we have so far had in this war. As a result of my naval experience, and not because of any knowledge of the events themselves, it has been clearer to me perhaps than to the average citizen how absurd many of the headlines are. It is of course equally clear to military persons in enemy countries. As a result, we must appear to be blowhards who are long on talk and short on action...
...addition to a large part of the country's press. Such pressure is being exerted on Boston theatres at present. This sort of hysterical condemnation is like refusing to teach German, or boycotting Wagnerian operas. But to attack his right to obey his own conscience is worse than absurd; it is dangerous. It is attacking a right which is regarded as fundamental, so fundamental that we exercise it even in wartime, although it may interfere ever so slightly with our efficiency in waging...