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...hands of assassins. But neither public surprise nor superstition dampened Mitsumasa Yonai's confidence. He felt sure that by inventing a few metaphors neat as chopsticks, by continuing to mouth nebulous phrases about the New Order and completion of the China Incident (taking steps meanwhile to prolong it), by playing ball with the Army-in short, by emulating most of his recent predecessors-he would make as good a Premier as the next fellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Son of a Samurai | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

...attempt to prolong its undefeated record, the Yardling trio will meet a visiting Eli aggregation, whose relative power is unknown, since the two teams have played no common opponent. Yale has dropped a 12 to 8 decision to the Tiger cubs and overcame several prep school aggregations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polo Team Opposes Yale in Attempt to Avenge Setback | 3/2/1940 | See Source »

Hoping to prolong its already lengthy undefeated record, the Freshman hockey team met with disappointment and a 4-2 defeat yesterday at the hands of St. Paul's six. Playing creditable hockey during the first and third periods, the Yardlings collapsed in the second to lot the schoolboys, spearheaded by Dick Meecham, net the puck three times. George Gebelein scored unassisted for the Freshmen with St. Paul's ahead 3-0 in the second, and Pop Jenks, assisted by Hackett and Apthorp, produced the third period's only goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: St. Paul's 4-2 Victory Breaks Freshman Pucksters' Record | 2/23/1940 | See Source »

...graduates will be really prepared either to take their places in the world of educated men and women or to continue their training along specialized or professional lines. In any case, let that be the direction of our efforts; colleges, with their libraries and laboratories, were not designed to prolong immaturity and dependence, already in this country carried beyond a logical age. Michael K. Clark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

...Germany wins, she will emerge from the war too exhausted to dream of an armed conflict against us. ... She will have . . . vast colonies . . . Comrades, war must burst out between Germany and the Anglo-French bloc! . , . We must accept the pact proposed by Germany and work to prolong the war the maximum possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Stalin for Peace? | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

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