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...words which had a more timely ring were Woodrow Wilson's: "There is, therefore, but one response possible from us: Force, Force, to the utmost, Force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant Force which shall make Right the law of the world. . . ." Was there not an echo from Franklin Roosevelt, last week: "We shall be able to keep that way [of peace] open only if we are prepared to meet force with force if challenge is ever made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The U. S. & the War | 4/29/1940 | See Source »

...change of pace; volume, and diversity of tone color; filled with a potent appeal for the man who wakes up to the sooth sweetness of electric drills, and ends the day with one ear glued to a radio that blares. Even the programs of symphonic concerts, in their limitations, echo this love for the loud and violent. They are filled with music of an aggressive character, with strong rhythms and climaxes. Such a piece of music is the Beethoven Fifth Symphony. Its short, ruthless opening theme collars the attention of the listener at once, and holds him throughout the movement...

Author: By Jonas Barish, | Title: The Music Box | 4/23/1940 | See Source »

Wrote Editor Roberts, in words that many a worried publisher might echo: "We have learned a lesson. . . . The Daily staff was very nearly complacent in the belief that it was getting out the best newspaper it could. Now we know that there was and is room for improvement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Doily | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

...want you to begin now to stand for a standard of high integrity for young people in their relationship with women. When you are tempted to play with the love of girls, remember your sisters and mother. "The boomerang strikes harder," you know. Your father, Walter Malvar. Central Echo, Central Philippine College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 1/22/1940 | See Source »

Foreign Minister Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura began to think of a "permanent arrangement." Foreign Office Spokesman Yakichiro Suma called correspondents in to tell them: "We are anxious to settle pending questions and we hope that Russia reciprocates our desire in all sincerity." Domei News Agency, which plays Little Sir Echo to the Foreign Office, advocated concluding a non-aggression treaty with Russia "without paying the slightest attention to displeasure felt and loudly voiced by Britain and the U. S." This week Ambassador Smetanin had an audience with the Son of Heaven, H. I. M. Hirohito...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Anti-Pro-Comintern | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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