Word: asked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Should not Americans begin to ask themselves these questions: Whether England wins or not, will it have been enough for the future peace of our consciences that we only formed a safely protected cheering section? And one not quite loud enough to drown out the boos of our Communazis. Will it have been enough that we supplied England with war materials-at a nice profit and at no risk? Will it have been enough that we armed ourselves to the teeth but would not join our fighting might to the mighty fighters of Britain...
...called "blue blood" to the British Red Cross, but that latter statement is unimportant and you have every right to sneer at me if you so wish to do for giving what was so very much demanded in New York through the radio. But I must ask you to . . . retract the statement that I said or even went anywhere near saying that the English little refugees were "riffraff." . . . I have devoted my entire life to children, and I have taken an active part in the evacuation of our kids, and everyone who knows me realizes that this is a cruel...
...only about $5,000. An other $5,000 (for exhibits, advertising, etc.) is borne by Florida's Department of Agriculture. The third partner is University of Florida's Agricultural College, which contributed three months of hard preparatory work, a staff of 20 specialists who wear big "Ask Me" buttons, explain the exhibits through loudspeakers in each...
...told that unless Nazi Germany is ruthlessly stamped out, our way of life, American democracy, will come to an end. When we ask why, we are given two answers: first, if Germany is not defeated, this hemisphere and this continent will be invaded by force of arms; second, even without actual military invasion, we will be unable to withstand the overwhelming economic and ideological pressure from a victorious Third Reich...
Harvard's youngest prodigy, Donald Grey Barnhouse, Jr. '44, is making a steady job for himself on the popular quiz program "Ask the Children," Friday night will be the third time this student of fourteen years, four months has taken the air for Harvard...