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...what their desires or intentions were is of little significance when one considers the effects of their so-called neutrality. On the one hand, they elected to stay in Germany in order to play, and to play they had pretty much to be good little boys. The great shout in favor of Furtwangler was that he "didn't throw out the Jews until he had to" and that he was responsible for getting many Jewish musicians out of danger (e.g. Carl Flesch). One noted English pianist, however, who was asked to join a group to defend the conductor, told...
...final, unanswerable weapon--the troops. The response was immediate, and directly adverse to what Americans, judging from past faith in the efficacy of olive drab uniforms and bayonetted rifles, would consider natural. Instead of calling the men back into the driver's seat, the truckers felt disposed to shout "Blacklegs!" at the Tommies who were learning a new twist to the King's service. Hopping mad, the Union began bellowing for a general strike to end the "betrayal" by its own national leaders, voting at the same time to keep away from the garages. The strike finally ended only when...
...ideological questions are not likely to diver it from the large view: When Southern delegates at Chicago objected to a resolution requiring interracial meetings, the most militant anti-discrimination advocates did not shout "Jim Crow...
...predict a possible slogan for the 1948 presidential campaign-"Put things right with-Ike!" Ike Eisenhower, of course. Don't ask me which party will shout it; that, time will decide...
...Vining's main job is to teach five classes a week at the peers' and peeresses' schools-two grim and chilly buildings. At the girls' school, says Mrs. Vining, "You have to shout against the noise from the other classes and the people passing in the corridors. There is no electric light [and no heat]. . . . The floors, of rough wood, are grimy with dust from soldiers' feet over the years. The classrooms are like box stalls...