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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Division for Negro Affairs. For the Army's solution of The Problem had brusquely rejected the pivotal demand in the Negroes' seven-part memo to the President, that "existing units of the Army and units to be established should be required to accept and select officers and enlisted personnel without regard to race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY: The Problem | 10/28/1940 | See Source »

...system outlaws the traditional bicker week for club calling and largely abolishes the clubs' former right to select their members. Election to Princeton clubs will now be very similar to the system of House assignments here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Smashes Club Election Rule | 10/26/1940 | See Source »

...Above all, we must select leaders whose promises we can trust. . . . We question that the men who were unable to foresee . . . conditions in time to avoid them, who could not foresee the war in time to prepare for it, who refused to believe the reports of rearming abroad when there was still time to take action, are now competent to carry this nation successfully through a great crisis. Under their leadership, we have alienated the most powerful military nations of both Europe and Asia, at a time when we ourselves are unprepared for action, and while the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Minds Made Up | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...each of the questions five possible answers are given. You are to select the best answer and put its number on the line at the right of the number of the question on the answer sheet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL AFFAIRS,FOREIGN NEWS,THE THEATRE OF WAR,BUSINESS & FINANCE,PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS,SCIENCE AND MEDICINE,L: U. S. FOREIGN RELATIONS | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...closer, it seems certain that Harvard will not be snowed under by any landslide. Without attempting to set Harvard up on any pedestal, it is only fair to point out that Michigan is pleased to be on the Crimson schedule. Harvard draws its major game opponents from a rather select group of schools, and would not, for example, arrange a game with the Praying Polaks of Boston College or the Duke Blue Devils. Harvard picks its spots pretty carefully when venturing away from Ivy League competition. As a result, Michigan would not desire to run up a large score...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 10/9/1940 | See Source »

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