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During World War I, the marksmanship of U. S. soldiers amazed Europeans. Should the U. S. be invaded during World War II, enemy parachutists may have more than U. S. soldiers to reckon with. Sprinkled all over the country is an army of 100,000 amateur sharpshooters (20% of them women & children), developed in the past decade on the skeet fields of U. S. country clubs...
...conclusion of a pact of mutual assistance [with Great Britain and France] could not be expected, we could not but explore other possibilities of insuring peace and eliminating the danger of war between Germany and the U. S. S. R. If the British and French Governments refused to reckon with this, that is their affair. It is our duty to think of the interests of the Soviet people, the interests of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics...
...score points in every foursome, but standing head and shoulders above the rest are two Seniors, Captain Ace Cordingley and Bob Graves. They provide balance plus at the top of the lineup, because they can match shots with any intercollegiate golfers in the United States. Every team opponent must reckon with that due and realize that it will be hard to take any points from them. Graves has never lost a Varsity match in three years of play...
Characteristically enough, the Lion is rather slow in growing its wings: but once fully equipped it is no mean animal to reckon with. First we are paraded in March-of-Time fashion through the British way of living: housing projects and sports and merry-making (as everybody knows, the Nazis have suppressed all three). In between we catch occasional glimpses of what the Nazis do: goose-stepping and listening to the guttural shrieks of Der Fuchrer. These contrasts are worked out with the imperturbable British humor which throughout saves "The Lion Has Wings" from becoming annoying...
...that the U. S. had best join up with the Allies was based on two arguments: 1) if the Allies won, the U. S. could insist on a settlement generous to Germany; 2) if the Allies crumbled despite the U. S. joining up, then Germany would still have to reckon with the U. S. when talk came of peace terms, would therefore make a more generous settlement - and would be less free to turn on the U. S. after her European victory. Months before the Armistice, Secretary Lansing prophesied that unless all dictatorial governments were swept out of existence "some...