Word: positioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Formosa. This island stronghold, still under Chiang's firm control, was given up in advance as lost. (This write-off outraged military planners who believe that if Formosa is lost, the U.S. position in the Pacific will be drastically weakened.)
At that historic meeting, the boyish-looking professor did more than just a good job; his sparkling clarity of speech, his remorseless logic, his deft and delicate handling of clashing national views made him the conference star. He presided over his own delegation briskly and competently, telling them: "Gentlemen, we...
The quickest killing was made by those who had sold the pound short-speculators and merchants who have been buying in Britain. The merchants had done this to protect themselves, in case of devaluation, from losses on goods ordered at the old rate of $4.03. The speculators had simply gambled...
This year for the first time the Advocate has adopted an editorial position. Certainly this is a valid move. A college literary magazine with a tradition as old as the Advocate's should take interest and express opinions in college affairs. Last year's article on "The Jew at Harvard...
Stanford was once considered a "rich mans" school, but like Harvard, it now has students from all income brackets. It rose to the demand of World War II's veterans by almost doubling its enrollment to 8000. The position of a student working his way through the college is considerably...