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Sumner never tried to cajole, amuse or flatter his huge lecture classes, and he never talked down to them. He used to come crashing into the lecture hall like a gladiator into an arena. On the day of the Great Blizzard of '88, he stamped in wearing leather boots...
Norway under the Nazis still manages to be Norway, and even Poland keeps a species of impotent nationality in its Government General. But the Russians do things differently. Last week, as Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia officially became Russian Republics Nos. 15, 16, 17, liquidation of their nationalism began. Hundreds of...
There is, however, another class for which I feel not the slightest sympathy. Parliament has given us powers to put down fifth-column activities with the strongest hand, and we shall use those powers subject to the supervision and correction of the House without hesitation until we are satisfied and...
The audience were disgusted, and-being Brazilian-showed it. Smarting under their boos and hoots, the conductor of the Italian opera troupe stamped out of the theatre in Rio de Janeiro. To carry on the performance, the orchestra as one man boosted a 19109-year-old cellist to the conductor...
In a verbal preparedness blitzkrieg, the New York Times last Friday urged immediate adoption of "compulsory universal military training for America" because the "logic of events drives us remorselessly to this conclusion." Their bombshell was followed over the week-end by speeches and resolutions of interventionist groups praising the proposal...