Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...This is a serious matter and not easy to answer. . . . What the Bible really means is: 'Thou shalt do no murder.' A murderer . . . goes out to kill others to gain selfish ends or because of a personal injury he will not forgive. . . . You were called by your country to disarm a dangerous and skillful enemy who [conquers by] torture and murder. . . . I do not call a policeman who must shoot a gangster . . . a murderer any more than the law does. Perhaps in the terrible business of war, murderous thoughts will take possession of us. . . . God, I am sure...
...Byrnes could gain more manpower by closing the bars in the single city of New York at 9 o'clock each night than he could gain by closure of all professional sports in America. . . . There could be no point in asking for the few thousands of men in sports and ignoring the hundreds of thousands in other entertainments unless the whole business were a fake and sports were being used as the whipping...
...With the militia under their control, the Communists have asserted themselves and now are driving fast to gain a full hold on the country's administration...
...Allied unity above our own interest. There can be no greater error. . . . It is not necessary to make any sacrifices. . . . We might as well realize that idealism has spread its wings and taken flight and that so far as mere power politics are concerned, we have more to gain by making peace than by allowing ourselves to be bled white...
Those interested may gain further information by writing to Lieutenant Massack, U. S. Employment Office, 112 Union Street, Providence, Rhode Island. Lieutenant F. V. Brow, who is associated with Lieutenant Massack, will be at the Student Employment Office, Weld 28, from 1 to 4 o'clock on Thursday, February 1, to interview applicants. Those desiring interviews should make a definite appointment at the Employment Office before February...