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Judge Caffey put in a word first. Said he: "May I inject the remark that I am most helped by statements which omit the trees and show me the forest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOVERNMENT: Halfway Mark | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

...hrer Hitler has shown few signs of going back on his word. In fact, Marshal Pilsudski's belligerent tactics, far from being resented, were so greatly admired by the belligerent Führer that even today few Hitler speeches on general Nazi policy in Eastern Europe omit a friendly reference to the late Polish dictator. Often has the Pilsudski method been suggested as Lesson 1-A for other powers dealing with Nazi Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Guardian | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...Economics A, or else should be allowed to demonstrate his knowledge by passing a general examination on political theory by the end of his Junior year. In this way those who have acquired adequate political knowledge by extracurricular reading and discussion in college would be enabled to omit these courses from their curriculum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EDUCATION FOR THE CITIZEN | 11/16/1938 | See Source »

...that a meteorological course would only be a poor second to the courses at Tech., and, on the other hand, the knowledge that no one could teach an elementary course in the subject as well as the late Professor Ward of Harvard, have persuaded members of the Department to omit five vital courses. Certainly Professor Brooks is more than competent to give an introductory course, and failing him, there are others such as Dr. Lange of the Blue Hill Observatory. With a little encouragement the Department can perhaps throw away its good-old-days-we're-liked-now policy, pull...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOOD-OLD-DAYS POLICY | 11/4/1938 | See Source »

When Benito Mussolini is piqued, so is the whole Italian press. Last week Il Duce's annoyance at the good show Democracy was putting on in Paris caused many Italian papers to omit accounts of the British royal visit, provoked one to attribute this apocryphal quote to Queen Elizabeth: "I haven't seen anything but the horses of our guards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Sour Fruit | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

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