Word: directness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...middle of the journey of this our life, I came to myself in a dark wood, where the direct way was lost...
Next day, President Harry Truman did his best to undo the damage.* Breaking the rule against direct quotation during White House conferences, he said: "Meatless and eggless days are for the purpose of saving grain. . . . When you save meat and poultry products you save grain, and grain is what is necessary to meet the hunger situation in Europe...
...Byrnes, the South Carolinian politician, Stalin seemed different. "Where Molotov is devious, Stalin is direct. . . . He was always in good humor and enjoyed a joke." Jimmy Byrnes now says that he was not fooled, although it took him and President Truman some time to find out Stalin's true nature. "It clearly has been Stalin who has called the tune," writes Byrnes, "and Molotov who has made it last as long as a symphony...
Donald M. Maynard '51 of Nashville, Tennessee, and Thayer Hall was selected last night by the Council's Freshman Affairs Committee to head this year's Red Book board. Picked from a field of 20 candidates, Maynard will also direct publication of the first Freshman Register since...
...agreement on the principle of Palestine partition a fail accompli, whole-hearted British cooperation in the implementation of the plan will effectively disperse all Arab League threats. From an examination of the economic and military foundations of Arab warnings, it is evident that Arab hands are tied without direct or indirect external aid. In brief, it Britain carries out her obligations both as a UN member and withdrawing Mandatory Power, Palestine can avoid major upheavals without calling upon UN police...