Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Great Illusion. Many of us, even though we had few illusions about Russia, made the mistake of underestimating the dynamism of the Russian system. We believed that, having a wider geographic base than Naziism, the Russian system could afford a more static policy and ultimately find security in the wide belt of eastern Europe assigned to it. A trip through Europe . . . has convinced me that the Russians are not, and will riot be, satisfied with an system of eastern European defenses but are seeking to extend their power over the whole of Europe...
...Guild, the proposal has been the cause of red scares and herrings galore. A glance at Cain's opposition, which includes Westbrook Pegler, the Chicago Tribune, and a newly formed group of writers headed by the oldest of the old guard, John Erskine and Louis Bromfield, indicates a weak base for all the shouting. A look at the proposal itself, and the base disappears altogether...
...Willys-Overland postwar hopeful is a low-slung, short (104-in. wheel base), but ingeniously designed two-door six-cylinder sedan. It seats three in a front seat, two in the narrow rear seat. Other features: independent suspension of front wheels (no axle), and universal joints in the rear axle designed to take much of the bump out of bumps. Proposed price: around...
...pounds, and walks with a noticeable spring in his step. In the stands Saturday, the hymns of praise that echoed skyward every time he tied his shoelaces or adjusted his helmet were strangely reminiscent of Fenway, where the crowd blows its top every time Ted Williams gets a base on balls. Let no parallel be drawn between the two athletes themselves...
...academic in Cambridge these Autumn days. With many students of voting age for the first time in University history, gov. lectures and ordinary bull sessions can find practical application in the polling booths on November 2. This year's electorate has a novel newcomer, the student-voter, who can base his choice upon a maximum of principle and a minimum of self-interest. The important reasons for voting are obvious to all, and newspaper and radio should provide the information necessary for the intelligent voter to decide which levers to pull on election...