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However, there were soon others to contradict these points of view. William Barrett, formerly of Partisan Review, questioned the idea of freedom somewhat when he claimed that "the poets belong to the Little Magazine; they have no place else...
...intercontinental bombers that can fly at twice the speed of sound at such altitude that the pilots can see the Milky Way at high noon. It is Pat Partridge's duty to strive for an absolutely impenetrable air defense screen (even if in so doing he seems to contradict LeMay's doctrine that there is no complete defense against bombers). But LeMay and Partridge are commanders with specific and therefore limited functions in a vast military machine. And it is the duty of Commander in Chief Dwight D. Eisenhower to ensure that the machine-in all its countless...
...acceptance of these proposals by the Faculty and Administration would be more than endorsement of Faculty control of what should be a student-directed activity. It would also contradict the principle of diversified education by encouraging students interested in theatrical productions to overspecialize...
...extension of the "peacetime" draft, three months before Pearl Harbor, the majority margin in the House of Representatives was a single vote. Even today, the cries of indignation and alarm which may be heard constantly on both sides of the political fence seem to the casual observer to contradict any assumption of popular agreement...
Time and again, witnesses were allowed to contradict themselves and change their stories without reproof. Sample: Thief Willie Manoch testified that Jungschlaeger brought an arms-laden ship into Djambi in May. The defense replied that, due to low tides, the river port could not be entered in May. Said Manoch: "Oh yes, that's true. It was in October.'' Soothed the prosecutor: "One can make a mistake." Jungschlaeger himself pointed out that the Americans, Dutch and British were supposed to be involved in this "secret" operation. "And why then," he cried, "am I standing here alone, like...