Word: discussing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Point against Stalin. On a touchy point soon to be taken up by Messrs. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin (see above), the conference sided squarely against the Soviet Union: "A nation, while having the right to discuss its own case, should not be permitted to vote when its case is being judged...
...Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department, aided by Mexican Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla dreamed up an entirely different conference of "the American Republics collaborating in the war effort." It would meet in Mexico City on Feb. 15. As a noncollaborator, Argentina would be excluded. The Mexico conference was primarily to discuss war and postwar problems. As an afterthought it might consider the matter of Argentina's isolation...
...three weeks. Oh, happy, happy, fun-time. The recent snow has again given the boys (accent on the first syllable) on the fourth deck new life. The not-to-be-divulged exploits of Kirby G. (for Gadabout) Pickle and Randolph C. for a middle name that he won't discuss) Phillips took a turn for the better after our return shavers left the Boston Buddies Club . . . little hot around here boys...
...omen for democracy when South American dictators discuss it. On Christmas Eve Paraguay's untutored strong man, Higinio Morinigo, delivered a 1,200-word fireside chat on democracy. "Real democracy," he said, was government which "expresses its will within social order, mutual respect, public morale." Further, the dictator did not think that political parties were necessary ingredients. Snorted La Nación, Buenos Aires' ponderous liberal daily: "Democracy without parties is inconceivable." Into the flashing Morinigo teeth it tossed Lord Bryce's well-known definition.* The blast was obviously intended as an indirect slap at Argentina...
...This group," said Holton, "springs from informal bull sessions at both Harvard and Radcliffe and is spurred on mainly by the need of graduate students in Philosophy to discuss the subjects of their theses." Together with Joseph Cobitz, graduate student in Philosophy, Holton did most of the work in founding the group, which already includes over 15 active and participating members...