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With reference to National Affairs, p. 18, col. 3, issue of June 10, you state: "Say the Roosevelt intimates: the U. S. M-Day plan is perfect, so perfect that the actual Nazi program of complete national mobilization for a knockout blow was based on it, after a six-month study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 1, 1940 | 7/1/1940 | See Source »

...Roosevelt intimates: the U. S. M-Day plan is perfect, so perfect that the actual Nazi program of complete national mobilization for a knockout blow was based on it, after a six-month study in 1934. Say they: he also has a pre-M-Day plan. All that has come out of the White House thus far-$1,182,000,000 for armament, plus "more than a billion dollars" for more armament, a request for additional authority to call out the National Guard and reservists-all that is merely educational, preliminary; a step-by-step, carefully graduated plan to prepare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Prelude to History | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

Once this man dared to stand out against the avenging tide of public opinion that was demanding a knockout blow against the Germans, the wrath of the righteous was aroused. According to the New York Times, "both the board of managers of the college and prominent alumni" repudiated his stand and he was asked to resign along with a grant of leave of absence for the rest of the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/3/1940 | See Source »

Congress Party members-anxious lest Bombay's noble experiment be put out of the ring on a technical knockout-decided to appeal to Sir Lawrence to issue a special ordinance re-enforcing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Repeal Appealed | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...winner; 125 pounds, W. H. We are '43, by default; 145 pounds, H. W. Kelly, '40; 155 pounds C. D. Frey 1GB; 165 pounds, C. d'Autreinont '40 another repeater; 175 W. Hinchcliffe '40; unlimited, Mike Brody '42. All these matches were won by decisions except for a technical knockout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BULLITT WINS 135 LB. CROWN AS BRODY TAKES UNLIMITED | 3/9/1940 | See Source »

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