Word: asked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enormous help in the devil's sleight of hand is the present vogue of The Historical Point of View. "The Enemy loves platitudes. Of a proposed course of action He wants men, so far as I can see, to ask very simple questions; is it righteous? is it prudent? is it possible? Now if we can keep men asking 'Is it in accordance with the general movement of our time? Is it progressive or reactionary? Is this the way that History is going?' they will neglect the relevant questions...
...nearby dorm, before that date. We think it would be possible, in view of the arrival of the new class, the weather, and sundry other considerations, that graduation might take place Saturday, May 29, instead of the following Tuesday, to everyone's advantage. That's the least we can ask of our beloved blue-book graders...
Incidentally, we were not so moved when Butte copper miners refused to work beside Negroes. We fight beside them over here, and it's a sad day for the people of the United States when they ask the Negro to fight for them abroad and then refuse to let him work at home...
...could not even afford to telegraph our stories to Chicago-so when we closed the issue we just put all the copy into an envelope and mailed it, hoping that thereafter everything would be all right. Of course the inevitable day came - a Monday afternoon when Chicago telephoned to ask blandly where was the copy? Four or five days later it turned up in Omaha-just why nobody could explain...
...Crimson's final word is conclusive. "The Literary Digeal Poll can move ever."The Times' poll was Incomplete. They forgot to ask who this follow...