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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...would then be able to launch large-scale attacks on the U.S. and Alaska; that Turkey, the Suez Canal, North and West Africa would fall to the Nazis; that the British and Russian efforts would be crippled. Such "foolish advice," he said, would result in a "turtle policy": "We prefer to retain the eagle as it is-flying high and striking hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Third Report | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

What sort of food plant for the House Dining Halls do undergraduates prefer? What don't they like about the new system, and what changes would they prefer...

Author: By Joel M. Kane, | Title: STUDENTS TO TAKE DINING HALL POLL | 2/25/1942 | See Source »

...those who prefer more northern climates, Lac Beauport and the Laurentian Mountains in Quebee appear to be the choice spots. They report an average of 37 inches of snow, most of it fresh over a firm base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Good Skiing Reported In Northern Resorts | 2/21/1942 | See Source »

Furthermore, there is no other team in the country which the Indians would prefer to scalp than the Crimson as it seeks bloody revenge tonight for the former upset...

Author: By A.edward Rowse, | Title: HOOPSTERS SET TO FACE SCALP-SEEKING INDIANS | 2/7/1942 | See Source »

...gesture was in February 1940, when at the cabled request of Hermann Göring he rushed to Berlin, attempted to mediate a Russo-Finnish peace. But his associates indignantly declare: ". . . by no stretch of the imagination [is he] an Axis sympathizer." Last March he said: "... I shall always prefer peace to war so long as there is reasonable basis for hoping for peace, but never at a sacrifice of the principles of freedom and progressive democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR ECONOMY: Axel & The Axis | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

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