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> The demand (by Massachusetts' Henry Cabot Lodge) that the U.S. acquire immediate air bases in Siberia ignored the fact that bases are useless until they are equipped. And before the bases could be equipped, said the President, the Japs would be marching into Siberia. Are you and I, he...
"What we acquire we must fortify. . . . [In] the Atlantic, we must acquire by treaty or by occupation such islands and such territories as we deem necessary to our safety. . . . We must go far afield. Dakar and Casablanca . . . must be ours in permanence. . . . We must have our own permanent naval and...
Most handicapped people must acquire skills and self-confidence so they can work. Many are too timid to apply. Some of them need hearing aids, special exercises, artificial limbs and braces. To help such people:
So now I think you see why the suggestion of goosestepping efficiency just plain riles us. For if, as heaven forbid. TIME should ever acquire the sort of phony "efficiency" I've talked about, I can think of only one group who would like it-the teletypesetter operators! They...
> Many boys will acquire a college degree or credits toward one.