Word: leadership
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Reuther seemed disturbed by the course of national politics. He was afraid "a lot of decent guys" would vote for Henry Wallace if the Democrats renominated President Harry Truman. He said he thought it tragic that Truman had inherited the presidency "at a time when the world needs great leadership." He believed Supreme Court Justice William Douglas could be elected, that labor could back him with a vast campaign if he were nominated by the Democrats...
...Power. As it had once looked to London and to Rome, the world now looked to the U.S. for hope and leadership. It was an open secret in the rest of the world that 20th Century civilization would be guided in large part by the heart, the wisdom and the power of the U.S. The secret was spread in every foreign newspaper, before every meeting of foreign ministers, repeated sometimes with hope and gratitude, sometimes with sneers and hatred...
...Legion was the only major Arab force ready to move quickly and effectively. But it was easy to exaggerate what such a force could accomplish. And the Legion could not move far without a green light from the British, on whom it has depended for money, arms and leadership. One of Abdullah's visitors last week was Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, mild-mannered secretary general of the Arab League. He made no rash claims. Unshaven and weary, with his tarboosh pushed far back on his head, he admitted disconsolately that the Arabs were "the most inefficient and undisciplined people...
...hardly worthwhile to find little faults with the orchestra. Van Slyck conducted with confidence, kept the players together at all times, and built the music logically and skillfully. I did object to the concertmaster's obtrusive leadership throughout all the music--in the Bach his pizzicato was louder than the soloist's. The few peculiar noises which eminted from the violin section did not appear during the Bach work, possibly because of the foundation which the piano provided. All in all, the concert was a great success, a combination of good programming and superior performance...
...Club began to wither after the successful '38-39 season and went into a serious decline which led to its virtual disappearance during the War. Under the leadership of Nicholas Van Slyck '46, however, the group made a vigorous and successful comeback beginning in January 1946 with Assistant Professor Irving Fine '37 as faculty adviser and conductor...