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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Protestantism's first formal comment on the eight-point Roosevelt-Churchill peace plan boils down to one main criticism: it is too full of pious platitudes. Since the statesmen were too visionary, the churchmen offered them some practical suggestions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Peace without Platitudes | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

George N. Hurd '42, last year's Leverett House coach and present manager of the Varsity 150-pound crews has been named head crew coach at Boston University, it was reported last night. Neither Dr. J. M. Harmon, athletic director of Boston University, nor Hurd could be reached for comment last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.U. NAMES HURD HEAD CREW COACH | 10/10/1941 | See Source »

...most gaging comment of all came from near the base of the famed extinct volcano Fujiyama, where a reporter interviewed extinct Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka. Mr. Matsuoka, who in frock coat had signed both the Tripartite Pact and the neutrality pact with Russia (and therefor lost his job) was now dressed in a dark blue cotton gown and triangular straw hat. He carried a long staff and smoked his old briar pipe. Mused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FAR EAST: Anniversary in Tokyo | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

...memorable comment on the Cardinal's own death came from an even higher dignitary and was even more cryptic. "When the news of [Richelieu's] passing was brought to Urban VIII, the old Pope sat for a moment in pensive silence. 'Well,' he said at last, 'if there is a God, Cardinal Richelieu will have much to answer for. If not, he has done very well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tenebroso-Cavernoso | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

...please, make one more comment? "The actual needs of the dentist" is one of your terminal phrases. I am sure that you will require only a reminder that any educational process has remote as well as immediate objectives. Immediate objectives are always visible and are relatively easily attained. Remote ends are, possibly, of even greater importance, although difficult for any of us fully to comprehend. John W. Cooke '16, Member of committee on instruction, chairman of curriculum committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

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