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...beauty radiant from their countenance...
...Queen stood beside him so radiant and grand...
...message to Germany he spoke as an American of German descent who opposed everything that Hitler stood for. Everywhere his reception was tumultuous, enthusiastic, unvaried. The tributes ranged from the London Times ("Everywhere and with everyone he has left the impression of sincerity, friendship, boundless energy and radiant high spirits which has been immensely heartening. . . .") to the sage observation of a "North Country" woman ("Young man, you have a very happy face...
...notice any change whatever in the expression of people's faces. . . . Whether their faces were stolid or keen, arrogant or subdued, not one of them looked happy. Those radiant, laughing faces which you see exhibited in so many Soviet propaganda pamphlets are sheer humbug. The people of Russia don't look like that. They look uniformly disgruntled and unhappy. It is plainly written on their faces that they lead joyless lives...
Showa is the name which Hirohito chose to typify his reign: it means Radiant Peace. Last week's celebration, coming at a time distinctly wanting in peace, gave Japan's men of influence occasion to consider the Japanese Empire carefully. They knew it as a sum total of many factors: a set of islands where 70,000,000 people live almost literally elbow to elbow; a low standard of living; the third biggest Navy in the world; a ragged but dogged Army (1,125,000 men in the field, 6,000,000 trained, partly trained and untrained eligibles...