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...contains little logic when it is considered that the same man would have had ample time to do so in his first two terms. Furthermore, if this limitation is enacted, any such evil-minded chief executive will not thus be frustrated in his attempt. He will merely have to hasten it so that the coup falls within his allotted two terms. No president with serious dictatorial designs will permit a constitutional article or amendment to stand in the way of fulfilling his plans. But, how obviously this amendment is motivated by a pathological anti-Roosevelt passion can be seen from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Third Term Filmflam | 2/21/1947 | See Source »

...same is true of the movies. People love to see people get by with, get paid for, the very sins they do in secret. The secular press and the movies are doing more to hasten the downfall of America through moral bankruptcy and spiritual blackout than all other agencies of hell combined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 27, 1947 | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

...were. We have a report of one Commission before us [Atomic Energy Commission], and now we want to just tighten up on the foot of that report and not let it go forward; whereas, the General Assembly has said to us, you are recommended to expedite, free the foot, hasten the progress of the cons, deration of the report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Freshman | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

...back to where it was-if then. The stock market, full of rosy hopes for a quick resurgence, pushed the Dow-Jones industrial index up 4.75 points in the first post-strike day of business. But the all-around shaking up which the economy had had might well hasten the recession that nearly everybody feared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: The Bill Is Tendered | 12/16/1946 | See Source »

...HASTEN TO CONGRATULATE LETTERWRITER MRS. RAY S. ALEXANDER AND LITTLE ALEXANDERS 6, 4 AND 3/4 [TIME, OCT. 28]. THAT'S THE WAY HOME EDUCATION SHOULD BE, WITH BABIES, LLEWELLYN SETTERS, BEEHIVES AND NAILING DEMONSTRATIONS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 25, 1946 | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

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