Word: brighter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from being "without any foundation in fact," TIME'S story, which was published before Japan capitulated, echoed an official War Department release. The prospect of an early mustering-out for Pacific-based Army doctors is brighter now, but it will still be a slow process...
...Moon & the Rain. If this made the future look brighter for the Allied occupiers, the present was dark enough for the defeated. U.S. bombing, of all types, lamented Radio Tokyo, had destroyed 44 cities, killed 260,000, injured 412,000, left 9,200,000 homeless. Tokyo alone had lost 63% of its population (dead and evacuated), 70% of its homes. When Lieut. General Robert L. Eichelberger led his Eighth Army in to occupy the Tokyo area, he would find it at least as desolate as any city in Europe...
...Brighter Radiance. When the Crown had played its part as the symbol of unity and of the continuity of free government, Prime Minister Attlee spoke: "In this country we are blessed with a King who . . . combines with an intense love of our country and of all his people a thorough comprehension of our Parliament and democratic institutions. . . . The King and Queen . . . have strengthened the bond uniting them to our people. This bond is no constitutional formality. It is based on deep affection and understanding...
Leader of the Opposition Churchill added: "The King is the embodiment of the national will. . . . Monstrous tyrannies which menaced our life have been beaten to the ground in ruin, and a brighter radiance illuminates the Imperial Crown than any which our annals recall...
Scores of recent studies have probed the past and suggested paths to a brighter future. From Maine's little Bates College to the huge University of Southern California, curriculum changes have already become the order of the day. Last week, Harvard added its findings-and they went straight to fundamental issues...