Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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If our balance of trade shows more exports than imports, we have been accustomed in years past to call it a "favorable" balance. It is obviously an imbecility to attach the word "favorable" to a situation in which the outgo exceeds the income. No man would call that situation favorable...
It is clear that such things as the Marshall Plan have been extremely useful in carrying out our political policy of stopping the growth of Communism; but it is likewise clear that we must prepare more definite military defenses, as well as political ones, if we are to maintain ourselves...
We know, or think we know, that Russia has the atomic bomb at its disposal. We don't know how many she has. If we view the situation with sanity, we have no reason to feel that everything depends on our knowing how far Russia has advanced in her program...
Though your little brother may settle for an erector set or a Lionel train, you may have a tough time finding a present for your room-mate, father, (or if you're from Radcliffe) your Harvard beau.
You probably won't rake up a Ford Convertible or 1000 shares of AT&T to decorate the Christmas tree, but can hardly go wrong if you present long-playing records--especially "I Can Hear It Now," which heads the list of what to give to parents, followed by an...