Word: commented
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Candidates had to comment on such propositions as these: i) "The course of history is fixed and it is beyond the power of any individual to change it." 2) "The last generation got us into this .mess, and we can't do anything about...
...Stimson read White's letter aloud, then showed the press a similar card, sent to Lieut. Alfred T. Hearne at Fort McIntosh, Tex. Had Mr. Secretary any comment on these exhibits? Yes, he had jotted down something. From a typewritten flimsy he read: ". . . It is necessary to keep this force in existence . . . peril still exists. ... At this moment, a circular is sent out which will have the effect of impairing discipline. . . . Without expressing legal opinions, I will simply say that I think that comes very near the line of subversive activities against the United States-if not treason." With...
Most engaging comment on Japan's intentions was made by Minister to Australia Tatsuo Kawai, who does not mind being photographed in his pajamas or under the shower. Minister Kawai announced in Adelaide that he was tired of hearing the word "drive" to describe Japan's intentions. Asked whether Japan would move southward as far as Australia, Mr. Kawai said that would depend on the provocation. Asked whether Australia had been provocative, he said there had been a few pinpricks. Asked whether Japan desired territorial expansion toward the Indies, he said territorial expansion was an old-fashioned phrase...
When night fell, said the communique, the column was destroyed. German official comment: "Fairy tales...
Equally striking was the indirect evidence of a new trend of press feeling. Also by the Twohey figures, the editorial comment on Secretary Knox's rip-roaring speech for using the Navy to clear the seas was 53% against to 25% for. But ex-President Hoover's speech saying that Germany's attack on Russia made the whole argument for the U.S. going to war a "Gargantuan jest" (TIME, July 7) won applause from 58% of the press-more than has applauded him in years-and criticism from only...