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...Firm Stand. "If we are to be a great power," he said, "we must act as a great power. . . . Our diplomacy must not be negative and inert." The U.S. must stand firm on its own principles-and against any "unilateral gnawing away at the status quo"; any aggression "accomplished by coercion or pressure"; any maneuvering "for further and undisclosed penetrations of power"; any imposition of troops "upon small and impoverished states"; against any "war of nerves to achieve strategic ends...
Down to the Roots. In his determination to foster a demagogic, nationalistic, anti-democratic setup in Argentina, Strong Man Perón was, in his own words, playing "a daring game." For he had only a part of the army, the police, the politically inert peones, and a frowsy minority of labor behind him. Unlike Hitler and Mussolini, he could count on neither capitalists nor the middle class for backing...
...Teheran, Yalta, Potsdam, the Big Three, in Olympian isolation, molded a politically inert Europe. But there was life in the kneaded clay; last week post war Europe's face began to emerge. The destiny of Europe still depended mainly on relations between the U.S. and Russia, but Europe was acquiring recognizable lineaments...
...country might change its isolationist mind if a Nazi victory seemed imminent. The portraiture in Welles's European travelogue rings clear and true. The late Count Ciano is shown boldly expressing his contempt for German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and his antagonism toward Hitler. Mussolini astonished Welles by seeming inert, ponderous and static. His close-cropped hair was snow white. In repose, his face fell in rolls of flesh. When the Duce talked, he kept his eyes shut save for moments when he remembered his reputation for staring "dynamically...
...contact and stomach poison. It first paralyzes an insect's hind legs, then gives it a violent attack of the jitters, finally brings on complete paralysis and death. Oddly, the pure chemical has little effect; it is good only in an oil solution or when mixed with inert powder. The usual dose is 1% to 5% DDT, dissolved in kerosene or mixed with a dust filler...