Word: extention
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lauterbach does not regard an American-Russian conflict as inevitable, but from the almost desperate urgency of his words when he sums up the situation, he evidently feels that the time is later than we in this country believe. Responsibility for allowing the situation to deteriorate to the extent that it has, in the author's opinion, is as much America's as the Soviet's, with the balance tipped in favor of Russia, since we always had the advantage of the atom bomb. The press, too, comes in for its share of criticism--he accuses a portion...
...performance, the management turns a protecting dark blue light on the proceedings, wrapping the star in an indigo robe thick enough to confuse even the sharpest eyes; and one can never tell whether he is seeing the real thing or not. The humor is uninhibited only to the extent that it would be exceedingly embarrassing to take a girl to hear it, even for laughs. At intervals a motley band of women of all sizes and shapes troops back and forth across the stage, each with as much skill and expression as a Russian dancing bear. One suspects sometimes that...
Mikkola's personality sometimes overshadows his coaching ability. Thoroughly Americanized he still cherishes the memory of his native land even to the extent of joking that he always likes to "stand near the 'finish' line" at a track meet. His attractive wife shares this feeling and when members of the track team drop in for tea at the Mikkola abode in Belmont, they find themselves holding platefuls of homemade Finnish parties and jams. And a glance at the living room wall reveals pastoral scenes of Finnish meadows, lakes and mountains...
Russian demands for ten billion dollars in reparations are, as in usual with Russian demands, completely within the scope of existing agreements. But regardless of the legality of the Russian claims, if large reparations are to be exacted from Germany, she would probably have to be reindustrialized to the extent of her wealth just prior to the war. This indeed appears to be the Russian proposal. It is almost incredible that renovation of German heavy industry should be proposed so soon after the end of the war. Regardless of the products that such industry might turn out at first, this...
...themselves in meeting problems of labor disputes." Freidin asserted, denying the need of more union restrictions. Even of enact laws directed at particular "key" unions would provide no answer to the problem, he claimed. "While you may be able to limit the field of legislation, you cannot limit the extent of the decisions," Freidin said...