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Last week the men of Vichy gave the impression that they were readier to crumble than to conquer. The querulous, totalitarian old figurehead, Marshal Petain, quavered in a letter to President Roosevelt: "It is with stupor and sadness that I learned tonight of the aggression of your troops. ... It is you [who] have taken such a cruel initiative...
...upsets featured yesterday's doings on the House football front. The afternoon saw Eliot rise to conquer Lowell 7-0, and Dunster play unbeaten Leverett to a scoreless standstill. All four teams were not at full strength because of conflicting exams...
Russia. ". . . Put aside your thoughts about Communism, godlessness. This is a fascinating country. The progress Russia has made is astounding. . . . Siberia is an inexhaustible storehouse of strategic war materials. I wish I could tell you. . . . In my judgment Germany will never conquer Russia...
...crucial job of stocky, 42-year-old General Hu, with China's finest troops, to prevent the Japanese from crossing the Yellow River bend near Sian. The front has been stationary there for three years. If the Japanese ever got bridgeheads, they might then find it easy to conquer Chungking from the north...
...blitz failed to conquer Britain, but the Government was criticized for later defeats and for rank inefficiency in war production. But always the surging eloquence and parliamentary skill of Winston Churchill overwhelmed criticism. Always the streamlined John Bull, the 20th-Century St. George, could get a vote of confidence. And always the same chorus rose: the Government's faults were attributed to the stodgy or obstructionist Old School Ties around the Prime Minister, rather than to the Prime Minister himself...