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...that any future administration in Great Britain, or for that matter in the United States, would ever consciously and deliberately let itself do anything to undermine that partnership on which the defense of the free world so vitally depends. . . If in 1914 Germany had been confronted at the outset with an unbreakable association of Britain, her Commonwealth and the United States, built on the conviction that what affects one party to the association immediately affects all, would that war ever have happened?" Halifax thought not -nor would Hitler have invaded Poland...
...certainly can find many examples at other schools on which to base a plan. Why not take the advice offered in Dean Bender's letter last Wednesday and work toward other, better answers to the problem of student social needs, rather than reject the possible alternative solution at the outset? Bruce H. Morgan...
...Stoughton team established itself as one of the powerhouses of the league with an amazing display of hitting and fielding which leed the game from almost the very outset...
Deeper than the shortages of men and materials are the vexing problems of inadequate planning and inefficient administration. This is not altogether bluff Charlie Wilson's fault. At the outset, the President had decided that, as far as possible, production chores would be carried out by old-line Government departments. For most of the year, Wilson has been riding herd on dozens of bureaus and agencies which were not always going in the same direction. But when he reported to Washington, he was given almost unlimited powers. He has not always used them in the slam-bang way that...
Rich Childhood. At the outset, things looked dark for him. A sickly, spindly boy, Andy Wyeth was taken out of first grade after three months, never went back. He learned, a little reluctantly, at home, still has trouble spelling simple words. During the long days when Andy's brother and three sisters were away at school, he mused, wandered and played with tin soldiers. Storms of illness and the chill rain of solitude slowly nurtured his imagination...