Word: insights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Monday the Communist spell was broken. It was smashed by an American citizen, one who possessed more than the ordinary amount of courage and extraordinary insight. The nation owes a great debt to this citizen--Florence Birmingham of Massachusetts. For it was this Florence Birmingham who revealed to the Cambridge City Council on Monday just how the Communist schemers weakened people's minds and made them susceptible to Stalinist germinology. The secret Red Tactic was--fluorination of our drinking water. And, according to Florence, this same subtle technique (urged so strongly by our "loyal" medical profession) not only weakened people...
...course, or employed similar tactics to force the deposit. However, this was probably due to overenthusiasm on the seniors' part, and is definitely not the attitude of the administration of the unit. The excitement is due only to the fact that the freshman who wrote the letter lacked the insight to understand this and went off half-cocked. Judging by his attitude towards the unit and the military in general, it is clear that his only aim is to gain deferment for himself and that he is not worthy of becoming an officer in the Air Force...
...illogical blast that ran as your editorial on the tidelands oil dispute Monday morning completely amazed me in view of the insight and clear thinking which usually typifies your editorial column. You charged robbery, which is merely a device to avoid your opponents' arguments; you said that the federal government owned the land, which is not so; you claimed that the federal government could use the money, which is hardly conclusive. In general, you blandly ignored the several sound arguments which could lead to an opinion opposite to yours...
...public." "Very well done, timely, very well worth reading," was the reaction of Paul J. McKinnon, division chief in the Boston office. Marion H. Allen, collector for Georgia, said: "It was a very interesting and informative story on taxes from an historical standpoint. It also gave me an insight into the background of income taxes which I had never had." San Francisco Collector Charles F. Masarik reported: "I noticed a group of our female employees gathered around the magazine, laughing at the cover. It was really good...
...same vigor and simplicity as the present, he converts history into almost personal experience. His special area of interest in the last few years has, of course, been the presidency. Although not all his opinions and observations are incisive, or even strictly accurate, most of them reveal remarkable insight into the job, the men who have filled it, and problems they have faced...