Word: considerations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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So the U.S. Census Bureau reports [TiME, Aug. 25] that, of the ten leading states, only Missouri dropped in population in the interim between 1940 and July 1, 1946. . . . When you consider how many residents of that state Harry Truman has commandeered and moved to Washington, B.C., one is amazed...
In Washington, there was increased clamor for a special session of Congress to consider more aid to Europe (see Foreign Relations). Harry Truman, still at sea, let it be known that he was not yet in favor of a special session. After all, it might be a perilous move. Unless...
The scientist-darling of Communist theologians is Soviet Academician Trofim Denisovich Lysenko. Lysenko's basic idea seems to be that living forms (like nations) need to be shaken up by a kind of genetic revolution. Thus shaken, a tomato or wheat plant is capable of very rapid development. In...
Cancer is civilized man's most dreaded disease.* Last week most of the world's leaders in the fight against cancer met in St. Louis to consider how the battle is going. The 800 delegates (from 44 nations) were optimistic.
This is a collection of engaging and often touching chronicles of crime in an age (1660-1800) when a petty theft could send an Englishman to the gallows. Editor de la Torre's scholarship is graced with gusto that sometimes falls into archness, but her selections are almost all...