Word: lies
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...There Is No Plot." George Marshall's was the first major speech of the session. No parade ground general, he spoke, in the undramatic tones of an economics professor, to a soberly attentive audience. Said he: "Systematic and deliberate denials of basic human rights lie at the root of most of our troubles . . . [There is a] persistent refusal of a small minority to contribute to the accomplishment of our agreed purposes . . . There is no plot among members of this organization to keep any nation or group of nations in a minority. The minority position is self-imposed...
Communists profess to believe that a group of "capitalists and militarists" who dominate U.S. policy want war. Henry Wallace repeats this dangerous lie. Even a few British officials believe that the U.S. Government leans toward the idea of a "preventive war" in the near future, before Russia gains in relative strength...
Robert Cantwell's two novels, Laugh and Lie Down and Land of Plenty, were recognized as remarkably gifted in the early '30s and remain among the few novels of the depression still worth reading. He joined the staff of TIME in 1935, and began his researches in Hawthorne in 1939 when, at the beginning of the war in Europe, he picked up Hawthorne's Our Old Home and reread it "with a sense of wonder . . . at the close application of his insights" into England. The present book (the first volume of two) ends with the fame...
...That Troublesome Zone." Count Folke Bernadotte's assassination reminded U.N. of its crucial weakness-inability to enforce its decisions or even to protect its emissaries. Secretary General Trygve Lie, looking weary after a hurried flight from Oslo, said angrily: "The murder reflects an unprecedented and intolerable lack of respect for the dignity and authority of the United Nations...
Even a "hit" musical can lose money. Last season's Allegro rolled up an impressive 315 performances but left the Theatre Guild short on an investment of some $300,000. Heaven on Earth is also in the $300,000 class, and still more costly projects lie ahead. Last week, perversely enough, Small Wonder, produced for $24,000 less than its low-budgeted $150,000, was the only new production that seemed to be catching...