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Thus Hein ter Poorten now holds a line which, if lost, will set back all the enemies of the Axis-set them back so far that if it does not endanger their chances of winning the war, may well make their job twice as hard and twice as long.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Het is Zoover | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

Greater have been the physical achievements of Japan's Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. He struck a blow which for the time at least has paralyzed both Britain and the U.S. in the Pacific. But he also launched Japan on an operation which, if it is not totally successful, is likely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War: Man of the Year | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

He outlined the long series of attacks: Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippine Islands, Wake, Midway. The chamber was silent. When he said: "Always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us," the room roared with a cry of vengeance. "No matter how long it may...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War: National Ordeal | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

A century and a half ago the Bill of Rights became part of the United States Constitution. Today the ten amendements which the history books describe as designed " to guard more efficiently the rights of the people and of the states" face another of those periods of stress which have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rights and Wrongs | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

The conspicuous absence of a fair treatment clause in the war aims will not only prolong the war but endanger the peace as well. Most Germans seem to have acquiesced in the policy of wholesale aggression, and few of the conquered peoples of Europe would feel any compunction about spooning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Germania Non Delenda Est | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

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