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...British position was desperate, even impossible-on paper; but in practical terms it was far from hopeless...
...affairs of the world at present seem to be in a hopeless jumble, but if well-informed persons study them long enough, an understandable pattern is bound to appear. Authoritative information, however, is a prerequisite to this, and magazines like TIME and institutions like the Cleveland Council on World Affairs are indispensable...
...gift provides $2 million for equipment and an $8 million addition to the $12 million endowment-enough to make the college almost selfsupporting. For Chinese doctors, struggling against almost hopeless odds to check disease among China's war-weakened people, the reopening of the college will be a galvanizing shot...
General Marshall himself gave the signal for his return. His delicate tasks had won him respect and affection from both Communist and Kuomintang leaders, but his mission had been almost hopeless from the start. In recent months, it had been put beyond the pale of possibility by Nationalist military successes and the stubbornness of China's Communists. Still, George Marshall, the good soldier, wanted to see it through. When China's new constitution was signed and sealed a fortnight ago, his mission was over...
...excellent results with three sulfa drugs: Promin, Diasone and Promizole (streptomycin, now under test, also looks promising). Last year the leprosarium discharged 37 patients, this year it will discharge 40 or more. Said its medical chief, Dr. Guy H. Faget: "The sulfones have stopped even the most hopeless cases in their tracks...