Word: destroyed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jews succeeded in building up a solid coastal fortress, they would then have to make a major strategic decision. Should they lash out at the main center of Arab strength in the hills north of Jerusalem, trying to destroy the Arab armies (which could be steadily reinforced from neighboring Arab states)? Or should the Jews take up a defensive posture on the coast and in Jerusalem, facing endless guerrilla attacks? The Jews' better organization, discipline and tactics had paid off in the early days of the battle for Palestine. But in the long run they knew they could hold...
There are a number of solutions to the problem, none of which is in any way feasible. A crazed group of students, fresh from a rally, could destroy the thing, or perhaps a facade of red brick might be built around it, making it resemble Memorial Hall as much as possible. At any rate, it is important to keep one's television sets tuned and one's muskets ready. If the structure is viewed with alarm long and hard enough, it may fall down by itself...
Fantasy is as you like it in any case. Some people have carped at Cocteau for 'inadequate' makeup of the Beast. if you want to believe, then the makeup of the Beast is of no interest; if you do not want, to the smallest item can destroy the illusion. Those who can appreciate fantasy will find in this Cocteau effort a masterpiece in the form, a work of chidlike loveliness and conviction...
Last week his aim was mirrored by the Soviet-controlled German press in screaming headlines: "Western Powers Destroy Control Council." By blaming the West for the council's paralysis, the Soviets hoped to gain support among Germans who see it as the symbol of eventual German unity...
President Conant cabled Dr. Paul D. White '08, Clinical Professor of Medicine, who had already departed for Europe, to destroy his credentials containing the official "greetings" of Harvard to Charles University. White, who served as director of a hospital unit in Czechoslovakia for two years directly after the war, has been named to receive an honorary degree himself at the ceremonies...