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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...force and through . . . spheres of influence. I hope and pray that no such reactionary purpose will be allowed to dominate the conferences. As Americans we believe with all our hearts in the equality and rights of small nations and minorities. In the kind of permanent world organization we seek, all nations, great and small, must be assured of their full rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Debate Begins | 8/28/1944 | See Source »

Divorce Revealed. Of Navy Chief Radioman George Ray Tweed, 42, "The Ghost of Guam"; and Mary Frances Tweed, 27, mother of two; on Aug. 8, six years after their marriage (his first, her second), three weeks after he came home on furlough after 31 months of hide& -seek with Guam's Jap occupation forces, (TIME, Aug. 21); in San Diego, Calif. One of the allegations: she insulted the wives of other servicemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 28, 1944 | 8/28/1944 | See Source »

This afternoon Companies C and D are scheduled to meet, while Lowell House will play Adams in an unofficial game. Lowell won the first game of this longstanding rivalry last week and will seek to make it two in a row tomorrow afternoon. On Monday Adams will tackle Company A to see if it can win a ball game, while B will clash with the NROTC

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B, C Win in Intramurals | 8/25/1944 | See Source »

...Canada figures it is enlightened self-interest to be among the first to subscribe heavily to UNRRA, to commit herself at the Bretton Woods conference to a $625,000,000 contribution to the International Stabilization Fund and Reconstruction Bank. The new bill provides the incentive for Canadian traders to seek new business where demand is likely to be heavy, even if immediate capacity to pay is limited. If a deal is too big for private business to handle, Creditor Canada stands ready to provide the credit for countries which want and need Canadian goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Creditor Canada | 8/21/1944 | See Source »

...about the P.A.C. . . . Those who oppose the candidates and principles of the P.A.C. have for many years played and are now playing the same game. Where the P.A.C. puts out pamphlets, their opponents have the great majority of the nation's press at their disposal. Where the P.A.C. seeks to "get out the vote," their opponents seek to restrict the vote by such means as poll taxes, an ineffective soldier-vote law, etc. Now that someone has caught on to their game and seeks to play it on their own terms, they cry "foul!" Thanks again for your fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 14, 1944 | 8/14/1944 | See Source »

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