Word: differences
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Particularly damaging to me is the reference to myself as one of "Hitler's stooges, quislings or puppets." There is no basis whatsoever for that accusation. My opinion of Hitler, and all he represents may, or may not, differ in no important detail from that of President Roosevelt, or Rabbi Wise, or for that matter, the editors of TIME. My considered opinion, nevertheless, is that Hitler, and all the forces behind him, will not be defeated by oratorical flag-waving or wishful thinking...
...edge his way precariously through 25 months of war is that there has been no united opposition. The second strongest party in the Ottawa Parliament has been the Conservatives, which, under the bumbling leadership of amiable Richard Burpee Hanson, has made little headway. Actually the Liberal and Conservative Parties differ chiefly in that one is in, the other...
...propriety of writing about the fall of France, and drawing from it what lessons we can for the defense of world democracy, I differ with Mr. de Ronde. The job of a professional writer is to write, and it was my singular good fortune, as a professional writer and a lover of democracy, to have a story to tell with a meaning for our time-the story of how not to carry on the battle against Naziism...
While the number of signatures to a petition condemning the Neutrality Act approached one third of the undergraduate body, three interventionist committees that differ in little but name made last-minute preparations yesterday for a jointly-sponsored "crush Hitler" rally in Sever 11 at noon...
...hidden factors, the ignorance of which makes it relatively easy for the layman to act. Teachers at Harvard are, if anything, less subject to this disease than the average member of their profession. They are more free from outside pressures towards conformity and inaction; they are more willing to differ openly among themselves: witness last year's two opposing faculty groups, American Defense, and the Harvard Committee for Democratic Action...