Word: american
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American Taxpayer...
...student and prospective American citizen, I am naturally very much interested in the destiny of the United States as a nation. This country happens to be the leader of the free world and the main proponent of democratic ideology. It faces the greatest task in its entire history: to contain the forces of Communism and to remain at the pinnacle of world power; yet, it receives only superficial and passive support from a great number of its citizens...
...presenting the issue of national purpose in such conspicuous fashion [Nov. 16], you have performed a valuable public service true to the tradition of the American press as one of the principal agents in the process of public opinion formation...
...stage with her disarming freshness and charm and an outstandingly lovely voice. Cox has just the right voice for this part, and knows how to use it, although last night he sounded a little constrained. The two of them made a very attractive pair, if slightly too all-American for their British pronunciation...
More money "will inevitably lead to a very serious erosion of university control of university activities," the American Civil Liberties Union objected this week. Yet in a survey of scientific grants at Harvard, these fears of possible government domination seem unfounded...