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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That sort of thing was not what O'Brian was after. He does not think that his schools should destroy the island way of life. "Truk doesn't need democracy," says he. "It needs to feed itself, and it needs English to keep from getting fleeced if U.S. protection should end." O'Brian hopes Truk won't change too much. "It's wonderful. If I can, I'm going back there to live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Mid-Pacific School | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

ABOVE ALL, remember that whatever you do you must always keep the Constitution of the United States in one had and common sense in the other. The object here is NOT to destroy academic freedom. It is to STOP COMMUNISM before it destroys us. The Communists CAN be stopped under our system of laws and MUST...

Author: By Joel Raphaelson, | Title: Off The Cuff | 1/25/1949 | See Source »

...Marshall Plan, said the State Department in outlining the plan, was not enough to insure Western Europe's recovery. Among the Marshall Plan nations of Europe, there was still fear of Russian aggression, fear which might "destroy the psychological basis upon which recovery depends." The North Atlantic Alliance would be an "antidote to fear." Just how far would it commit the U.S. to military support of Western Europe? The State Department was not yet ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Antidote to Fear | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...what the Radcliffe administration desires. Everything should be done to make it clear that each girl can belong to whatever organization she happens to agree with at the moment, without fear that she may be jeopardizing her future. The latest recommendation of the Student Council that the Dean destroy membership lists at the end of the year seems fair. The recommendation, however, leaves to the Dean's discretion what should be an official ruling. The destruction of membership lists to keep political affiliation out of the permanent records should be a part of the Dean's Office procedure, so that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe and the AYD | 1/21/1949 | See Source »

...place to destroy Communism is in Moscow-not China, Malaya or the Dutch East Indies. Through Western Europe and Germany is the path to Moscow. The present battle for Germany may well begin the battle for Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 3, 1949 | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

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