Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...where the Iranian, United Nations and American flags flew. The student body was assembled there and, at a signal, recited the following pledge: 'I pledge allegiance to my own country, and to the United Nations, of which it is a part. One world brotherhood of peaceful nations, with freedom and justice for all.' Then, two by two, the students, including the young son of a Soviet citizen, stepped forward to repeat the pledge in their native languages. They were: American, Armenian, British, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indian, Italian, Iranian, Iraqi, Israeli, Lebanese, Nicaraguan...
...when I used to hear . . . 'ancestral voices prophesying war!' But now I am thankful to say I do not hear those voices ... I have a growing hope that by the strength of our united civilization, and by our readiness and preparedness to defend freedom with our lives, we may avert forever the horrible vision of a third world...
...rooms at the palace. The yawning gap of years that separates her from her elder sister is all but closed. There is only one minor difference left: one day Elizabeth will probably be Queen and she, in all likelihood, will not. For Margaret that difference means only more freedom for herself. She may marry whomever she pleases (provided, of course, that he is not a Roman Catholic, that she gets her father's permission if she is still under 25, or, failing it, gives a year's notice to both houses of Parliament). She may go where...
Judging from the liberal records of many of the Educational Policies Commission, the "20" had an entirely different idea of what they had done. All of them undoubtedly thought they were aiding academic freedom, not injuring it. First, they had established themselves on the "right side" by condemning Communist teachers. Once on the "right side," they thought their attacks on smear tactics would be heeded. Since they sincerely believed that Communists were "unfit" to teach, they felt they should say so if, in the process, "'investigations,' book-banning, and efforts at intimidation" of non-Communists be cut down...
...cannot allow this misconseption of their statement to stand. President Conant, both as one of the "20" and as the head of an institution which has always meant academic freedom, cannot let this misconception stand. He must make a statement, in Harvard's name as well as his own, contradicting the impression left by the press. We are fundamentally opposed to the President's position that Communists per se are unfit as teachers, but we are confident that his ideals are completely incompatible with those of the "Little Dies" committees. We are confident he would oppose any action resembling...