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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...past, international law has concerned itself too much with the rules of war and too little with the rules of peace. I am more interested in ways and means to prevent war than in ways and means to conduct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report From The World: Report From The World, Jan. 20, 1947 | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...Around? "What is your aim, what is ours? To prevent Europe again becoming a battlefield. ... To reach this aim, it is necessary to build a Europe. Then-we are first to proclaim it-integrate Germany in this Europe. But, on the other hand, we must not try to build Europe around Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report From The World: France Looks at Germany | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

Next step: to inactivate the virus (by ultraviolet radiation or chemicals) and produce a concentrated vaccine that might prevent polio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Search for a Virus | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...promise of litigation to prevent Talmadge from spending state money came as Thompson supporters hastened to bring the issue before the Georgia Supreme Court and Talmadge, although contending that the tribunal is without jurisdiction, said he would abide by the decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Talmadge Continues Opposition Against Ellis Arnall's Successor; Democrats Join in Budget Slash | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...collective action, the Trade Union Congress, has good disciplinary control over member bodies, and is the sparkplug behind the present cabinet, which was so gravely threatened by the strike. With Britain fighting for her commercial life, there has been a strong prejudice against any form of work stoppage. To prevent grievances, pecuniary and spiritual, there exists a well defined system of mediation boards with broad powers, set up by the Attlee cabinet in 1945. Ernie Bevin, Britain's Foreign Minister, was formerly boss of the truckers before elevation to his present position. By any standard the strike should not have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lesson in English | 1/17/1947 | See Source »

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