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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Each of these eras of idealism was followed by a World War in which the idealistic striving for common ends reached new highs. The United States fought World War l, in theory at least, to save the world for Wilson democracy; it fought World War 11 as a matter o self-preservation of its democracy against a rising authoritarianism. After World War I, however, this notion returned to a complacent normalcy; materialism succeeded an idealism that had spent its energy in the right in this country reflects, in great measure, the fact that another unequalled war effort has once more...
Federal Reserve. In East Weymouth, Mass., Samuel Schofield bought 64 bars of Army surplus soap, found each stamped: 'Save Soap to Win the War. (Signed) Commander in Chief, Abraham Lincoln...
...admission tactics of weighing serious interest, secondary-school achievement, and war-time experience for veterans' entrance, there are some Radcliffe girls who had no college training before coming to Cambridge. Millicent Rose Tag-von Stein, Radcliffe '50, was working in a Los Angeles bank before the war, trying to save enough money for a college education. The twenty-three year old ex-Corporal had patiently snapped greenbacks, balanced ledgers, and rolled up coins, waiting for the time she could give up a cozy cage for an overheated classroom...
...writing of Teheran and Yalta," says Mclntire, "it has become the fixed habit of many editors and columnists to state without qualification that Franklin Roosevelt was a sick man, even a dying man." In fact, says Mclntire, he was "tired and worn" and underweight from overwork, but "organically sound" save for a chronic sinus condition. But once the rumors of his decrepitude had been noised around, Mclntire remarks bitterly, supporting evidence was fabricated...
Dick Harshman, in the nets for the Crimson, turned in 88 minutes of consistently brilliant play as he registered the first shutout performance of the year for the Crimson. His save on the penalty penalty kick was a highlight...