Word: elements
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...This man, who through his own great efforts had kindled the flame of true Democracy in the hearts of millions of our citizens, was discarded by the Old Guard element of his own party even though he was the titular head of the organization. These citizens will not forget this act of betrayal, and the "crocodile tears" shed by Republican bigwigs and their obedient press over his passing will only tend to magnify their shortcomings to followers of Wendell Willkie...
...Robbins-Know all you can about foremen unions. In every case, the plant might be over-taxed, the machinery out-moded, no controls and the inventories are spewing into the desk drawers-but don't worry, talk about the human element and the Unions and a Dist. is your's (Anything else...
...element of hope in the situation is that its gravity is forcing the Chinese to pull themselves together (see FOREIGN NEWS...
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England, was found by the Christian Century to have changed his mind about punishing Germany. At an earlier stage of the war it seemed to the Archbishop that "the peace terms must for a limited period include a penal element, if justice were to be done. But . . . those of us who believe that this intense bombing [of German cities] is justified as a military measure . . . must also recognize that it constitutes a penalty for German aggression so great that no other can be called...
...Enemy's Best. A hundred fighters had taken the air; twelve were confirmed destroyed, twelve were probables. The Jap home air force's most resolute opposition had failed to prevent a single U.S. element reaching its target. By the time the last bomber left, the afternoon sun had been blotted from Yawata's mills. Smoke was so dense that bomb bursts from the last planes could not be seen...