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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...main objections are the same which apply is every aspect of the "Get tough with Russia" policy; the Pact would increase the rift between East and West; it would again decrease the chances of an eventual reconciliation; and it would be an invitation for Russia to launch a retaliative measure. In other words, the Pact might become just another link in the international game of tit-for-tat which brings war closer and closer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: North Atlantic Pact | 12/9/1948 | See Source »

Henry W. Holmes, professor of Education, emeritus, and John J. Mahoney former director of Harvard and Boston University extension courses, will launch next fall a three-year program to raise the standards of courses teaching citizen ship in Secondary schools...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: School Panel Will Suggest Civics Change | 12/7/1948 | See Source »

...someone must take the rap, Eisenhower is willing: "[My] plan gave the German opportunity to launch his attack against a weak portion of our lines. If giving him that chance is to be condemned by historians, their condemnation should be directed at me alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: Ike's Crusade | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...campaign buttons had blossomed on the nation's lapels. There had been no attempts to distribute scurrilous handbills, or launch whispering campaigns. The once brassy voice of the C.I.O. Political Action Committee had fallen off to a scarcely heard murmur. Democrats (who except for Harry Truman, were sure they would lose) and Republicans (who were sure they would win) displayed the utmost reluctance to contribute funds. The campaigns cost more than ever (price of a two-week transcontinental tour: $50,000), but the war chests of both parties had been all but empty for weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: View from a Polling Booth | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...Gaulle might return and the Communists decide not to revolt, but to launch guerrilla warfare with strikes and sabotage. In this event the Communist Party would be outlawed and might then revolt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Awake | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

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