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...talk among Navy men, no longer preoccupied with rosy dreams of inherent Anglo-Saxon superiority, was that the war in the Pacific would be fought to a finish much faster than anyone had thought possible a year...
Planned Democracy. "Some critics may feel that it is inconsistent if we should strive to democratize our politics and at the same time introduce planned economy. Such an argument is not entirely groundless. . . . But our democracy will not be an exact reproduction of Anglo-Saxon types. . . . Similarly ... we may take only what is suitable from the Soviet system...
...Civil Liberties Union lawyer. Then followed a neatly planned little routine. Critic DeVoto asked for a copy of Lillian Smith's Southern novel, Strange Fruit, which had been suppressed by Boston booksellers and banned by Cambridge's police chief for mixing a stubby Anglo-Saxon word into a serious study of miscegenation (TIME, April 10). For his $2.75, Benny DeVoto got a copy of the book and some strange fruit of his own seeking: a court summons for trafficking in "obscene" literature. Thus last week DeVoto, out to expose Boston's behind-the-counter prudery, forced...
this prediction proves correct, a small percentage of casualties among the huge number of troops likely to be engaged may still give a big boost to U.S. casualty figures. But unless the war drags on long after invasion, the Anglo-Saxon nations may still go through to victory with relative economy...
...course of that vital but perilous job, ''Vinegar Joe" had turned one of the great Allied tricks of the war. He had shown the hollowness of the carefully nurtured doctrine that Burma's mountains and jungles were impossible to Anglo-Saxon troops. In a great and winning gamble to drive the enemy from North Burma, he was beginning to win. Joe Stilwell was fighting on the "impossible" ground, taking supplies from the air, pushing doggedly toward the Jap's pivotal base at Myitkyina. Wingate's Raiders, Merrill's Marauders and Joe Stilwell...