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Said the President: "It becomes clearer and clearer that the future world will be a shabby and dangerous place to live in-yes, even for Americans to live in-if it is ruled by force in the hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Our Children | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

...about the horrid prospect of preparedness taxes in an election year. But the queries came fast and loud enough to insure that capable, meticulous Chief of Naval Operations Harold Raynsford Stark, the Army's smart, hardbitten Chief of Staff George Catlett Marshall and their subordinates must give a clearer definition of what they mean by National Defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: To Arms | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

Said Monsignor Sheen: "I never met a person who had a clearer premonition of death. 'Let us hurry,' he would say, 'I may not live another month.' ... At the next to the last instruction, I reminded him of the seriousness of the step which he was about to take. ... He arose from his chair, put his arm around me and said, 'Father, you're worried. You will never regret receiving me into the Church. I promise you that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Biography by Sheen | 1/1/1940 | See Source »

...true criteria of air superiority as between antagonists of nearly equal factory strength. New types, new maneuvers, new arms as developed by one side or the other will determine balance-of-power in the air from time to time, rather than sheer quantitative production. Meantime, with clearing weather and clearer plans last week, the air forces of both sides went at each other in the greatest numbers yet. As usual, claims made by both sides diverged widely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THE AIR: Importance of Being Willy | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...work amidst domestic bustle. To his classes he lectured in a monotonous voice, made no rhetorical effort whatever to interest his audience. Once, after droning on to graduate students for three solid hours on the meaning of the word "this," he concluded: "I think this is a little clearer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dewey at 80 | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

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