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...letters that you publish every week which refer to World War II and the United States' part in it. For they would imply that the United States, by stopping some of its worldwide commerce, protecting its own boundaries, and, becoming, in a word, isolationist, can preserve Democracy. Bunk! Who wants "preserved" Democracy? The United States cannot become a museum for Democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 19, 1941 | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

...after his appointment the Daily Express bitterly attacked the tone of "everything's fine'' sounded in many British journals, adding: "Bunk merchants are at it again. . . . Among other fairy tales we read yesterday were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Changes Made | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

...weekend, free accommodations for the girls could be arranged. It is hoped that no Freshman would stand upon his constitutional rights and insist upon remaining in his rnom. It would be a simple matter to clear Straus or Lionel for the weekend. The men in these halls could bunk in another building. Details of this plan could readily be worked out in a fashion satisfactory to deans, evacuees, escorts, and committees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ladies in Lionel | 4/11/1941 | See Source »

...soldier keeps himself and his bunk neat and clean he has nothing to fear from the inspecting officer. If, as the young lady writes, the men all but become neurotic wrecks as the result of an anticipated inspection, then you can bet your last P. X. coupon that they must have had a hectic "night before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 31, 1941 | 3/31/1941 | See Source »

There was no evidence against them, so the GPU sent them on to Actubinsk, in Kazakstan, some 3,000 miles away by rail. They made the trip in a steel prison coach ,,,with 60 other prisoners, lying six in a bunk. At Actubinsk they were released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Eastern Aeneid | 3/24/1941 | See Source »

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