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...unenlightened stopgap teachers reacted much like new children to the school's free atmosphere. They swore a great deal, were mean, spiteful and irresponsible. "Quite hopeless," says Mrs. Neill. No doubt they felt that they had a case. Says one current teacher: "Believe me, it is the hard way. Sometimes it is no longer possible to bear it. Then the only thing to do is to clear out completely for a few hours. The noise is the worst thing...
Frenchmen, preoccupied with day-to-day living, ignored the great philosophic questions to which their fathers contributed so much. Britain was even more obsessed with shortages; TIME'S London Bureau last week cabled: "Britain's net situation is as nearly hopeless as any undestroyed and undefeated nation's can be." The U.S., a powerhouse of farm and factory production, had reluctantly assumed the political leadership of the West. Its steps were uncertain, its destiny only dimly understood by its own restless people...
...American family living in Berlin once appealed to Sauerbruch to operate on their son, desperately ill with peritonitis. Sauerbruch barked: "It will cost you $1,000." He examined the boy and growled: "This is almost hopeless; it's throwing money away." He was prevailed upon to operate anyway. Emerging from the operating room, Sauerbruch snapped: "Not a chance; he will be dead by morning. Please give me the check immediately." Next morning the patient sat up for breakfast...
...armed with truncheons, small arms and tear-gas bombs jumped aboard, rushed the bridge. The refugees fought back by throwing tins of corned beef and potatoes. By sheer weight of numbers, they pushed British sailors into cabins, down corridors, in a struggle that most of the refugees knew was hopeless...
More & more Europeans have become convinced that the road back for their continent lies through Germany. The Germans themselves are not looking that far ahead. They are bitter, cynical, well-nigh hopeless. Berlin Correspondent Percy Knauth last week cabled glimpses of the German scene...