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...than some by this spectre of military action. It presupposes a Germany footloose in Europe, which means a Europe adequately organized under Germany hegemony. The tremendous problems involved in organizing such a Europe would, I think, provide surprises for those who believe that Europe will fall like a ripe plum into the waiting German hand. But even if we discount the military, menace, a German victory over France and England would oblige this country to become something approximating an armed camp. With the inevitable economic and social controls accompanying rapid militarization, we would face a regimentation in which our democratic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 6/12/1940 | See Source »

...Coolidge Debating Prize, plum of the Freshman debating season, went to John W. Sullivan '43, after a closely contested tournament last Friday, consisting of individual speeches on freedom of speech...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sullivan Wins Coolidge Prize As Outstanding '43 Debater | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

Chinese legend declares that Chin P'ing Mei (Metal Vase Plum-blossom) was written by a famed 16th-Century Confucian scholar as a satire on the private life of a corrupt official. The official received a presentation copy, fell dead as he finished the last of its 1,600 subtly poisoned pages. No believer in such legend, Arthur Waley, expert on Chinese literature, says the novel's authorship is doubtful, like that of China's other famed novels. He traces first mention of it to a book published around 1600, wherein Chin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: China's Forbidden Classic | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

...Wild plum was in spectral blossom, dogwood lurked in the woods, the purple-flowered Judas trees ranged the red-clay roads, already deep with dust. But for two days snub-faced Dr. Ross Mclntire, White House physician, kept the boss indoors, made him rest in the lounge chair by the fireplace in the pine-paneled living room. Midweek came before Dr. Mclntire permitted the President to disport his 6 ft. 2 in. in the buoyant, tepid waters of the glass-roofed pool. Canada's plumpish Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King lay in swimming trunks on a cot while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Breathing Spell | 5/6/1940 | See Source »

Treasure Trove. The "New Order In Asia" is to Japan what the Monroe Doctrine is to the U. S. The Netherlands Indies comprise the juiciest colonial plum in the world. Only one other area produces more rubber, three others more oil. Japan gets one-quarter of its oil there. The islands export sugar, coffee, quinine, tobacco, copra, spices, cattle, timber, coal, tin, gold, silver-all of which Japan can use. Their 60,727,233 inhabitants are a huge market for Japanese textiles and cut-rate manufactures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Dutch In Dutch? | 4/29/1940 | See Source »

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