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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...companions-Democratic Congressmen Clement J. Zablocki of Wisconsin and Thomas S. Gordon of Illinois-of "malice and shortsightedness." What was Spain going to do about the U.S.? Cried Arriba: "The answer is simple. Nothing. We are going to do nothing at all. We don't need the U.S. for military adventures. Our fleet does not need American ports. Our bombers do not need American aerodromes . . . But we are not so sure that the U.S. will not someday need us ... The Pyrenees [will always be] a solid barrier defended by men with guts and not by existentialists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Order Is Wrong | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...need money, money and more money to get the organization rolling again," explained Illinois' Fred Virkus, a megaphone for the Colonel Bertie McCormick wing of the G.O.P. "But you are not going to get the money until you can answer the question, 'What does the Republican Party stand for?' in a way that everybody can understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Not No, No, No | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...lynching, and the Negro himself, are obscure characters in the film, though they are most important ones. Many things in the movies compensate for the loss of Mr. Faulkner's method of storytelling, but to have been a thoroughly satisfactory piece of drama, the principal characters, particularly the boy, need more dimension...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

...stood up, shoved into his coat. It would be a good idea to check on the books he'd have to take home--he might as well spend the vacation studying, for with all the obnoxious children underfoot at home he would need some excuse to get away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

...military will certainly ask for an extension . . . despite the facts that the Navy has not used the draft for three years, that the Air Force and the Marine Corps both have long waiting lists, and that the Army took less than 30,000 draftees . . . then found it didn't need any more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vinson Against Johnson On Draft Law Extension | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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