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Fraser made instant reply, charged that the survey was a farce designed to divert attention from shocking neglect of U.S. history in public schools...
During an eruption of volcanic Mauna Loa in Hawaii in 1935, U.S. Army airmen tried (with debatable success) to divert the flow of lava by dropping a few bombs on strategic spots. Last week Allied bombers, flying over the smoky craters of Mt. Etna in Sicily and Mt. Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples, thought of other strategic spots: could a few well-placed bombs start Etna and Vesuvius erupting...
...Failure to appreciate the gravity of our situation ... is evidenced by the coal strike, the Akron strikes and other stoppages . . . and by the tendency of certain manufacturers to divert too much time, thought and energy to the design and development of competitive civilian nonessentials. . . . The failure of May production is the most critical single occurrence in the Army Supply Program. . . . Failures to meet production in one month cannot be readily made...
Despite some spectacular manifestations of support, French North Africa was not ready to fall into De Gaulle's arms. A visit now would divert the energies of generals absorbed in the climactic phase of the Tunisian campaign. Previously, and in vain, Catroux had pointed out these things to General de Gaulle. Higher and harsher authorities finally...
...work in America uncanny parallels with the same degenerative forces that have been so disastrous in Europe. Like them, we have drawn undue manpower from the farms. . . . Our farm machinery is wearing out faster than the replacement. . . . Our protein feed for animals is very short. We are compelled to divert our nitrate fertilizers to explosives. . . . We have a price system in force that often strangles production and distribution. And prices are often below the farmer's cost and just wages...