Word: powerfully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...conflict," that the immediate problem is planning a national policy for a long war. The greatest threat to the position of this country he feels lies in possible action by the Japanese navy in the Pacific, where it is essential that the United States maintain a balance of power in the Far East "in which it holds the balance...
...artist who hasn't the constitution to stand up under severe treatment such as having funny pictures of himself in the newspapers, being required to perform his best at a moment's notice, and dall the rest--will fail, even if he has a persuasive personal power. He is like someone who has a fortune on the moon. It is there, but he cannot utilize...
...Williams, U. S. A., a vociferous champion of the airplane over the battleship, who believes the German Air Force (which he inspected intimately last year) can knock out the British Navy, says: "A pure air war has not been fought, but I'll tell you one thing, air power is respected by all naval strategists in war games to this extent - that the side losing its aircraft carriers was first is deemed to have lost...
...Charles Seymour: "Whatever the outcome, it is certain that in the future a heavier responsibility will rest upon the United States for the preservation and the fostering of the things most precious to a university - the things of the mind, of the spirit, of beauty, individual freedom, intellectual power...
Here is a case of two warring powers, England and Germany, both painfully eager to end the fight after the first preliminary round. It would be the saddest event in all history if their peace hopes were frustrated merely because neither is in a position to make direct overtures. Obviously there must be a third power to bring them together, and just as obviously, the President of the United States is in the most logical position...