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...Franklin Roosevelt's acceptance speech, he pointed a finger of reproach at the "one exception," the only man who had refused to help him in his program for national defense. Who was the man? Gossip sizzled. The President would not tell. Washington wisemen thought it must have been Alf Landon, who had reportedly turned down a Cabinet job when the President refused to commit himself on Term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Thou Art the Man! | 9/2/1940 | See Source »

...pretty well the U. S. state of mind. He knew that Americans considered the China war a nuisance (since it kept the U. S. Fleet tied down in the wrong ocean), a tragedy (because the weaker and righter side seemed to U. S. citizens to be the same), a reproach (because self-righteous Americans thought the U. S. should have been able to end the war long ago). But hfc also knew that the U. S. was divided umpteen ways on what to do about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: From Words To Deeds | 8/5/1940 | See Source »

...scornfully Friends because Christ said to his disciples, "I have called you friends." But because Founder Fox preached that the time had come for men to quake and tremble before the Lord, the irreverent called his following Quakers. The word has long since ceased to be a term of reproach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Friends At Cape May | 7/22/1940 | See Source »

...general 1% sales tax that filled Louisiana pockets with brass and aluminum tokens, one of the highest gasoline taxes in the country. General was the clamor for a clean-up of the judicial system. Said Sam Jones: 1) dictatorial laws must be abolished; 2) courts must be placed above reproach; 3) Louisiana schools must be revitalized. "Louisiana has gone back into the hands of the people. . . . A new day has dawned on this State after a long night with foul things happening in the dark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUISIANA: Twelve Years (Concluded) | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

...tutors was Charles Thomson, later secretary of the First Continental Congress. Lodging with Schoolmaster Dove and his wife, Tutor Thomson heard them gossip so maliciously about their acquaintances that it scared him. When he moved away he got them to sign a statement that his conduct had been above reproach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sarcastic Dove | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

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