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...composition," they had to write an original piece on Retrospectin!! the Past Year Since the Termination of War (almost all of the aspirants praised democracy). Asked to identify such newsworthy designations as GHQ, Bikini, UNRRA, etc. on the vocabulary test, all but ten got GHQ. One thought that Bikini was "the place where the American fleet was crushed by Japanese forces"; three listed UNRRA as the capital of Turkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 28, 1946 | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

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