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...force into battle, he was authorized to bomb their bases in Manchuria. In short, it was for the Chinese to decide whether to give MacArthur a new plan of battle. Meanwhile, behind the Yalu, the Reds concentrated troops and aircraft, held the initiative awarded to them by the statesmen...
...community was in for a surprise. Under Matthews' son John, the school began to flourish, and soon the sons of statesmen, bankers, and judges were trooping up the hill (among them: Army Secretary Frank Pace, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett, Pan American's Juan Trippe). Last week, as The Hill celebrated its 100th anniversary with 13 simultaneous alumni dinners in 13 cities, it had long since earned its reputation as one of the top boys' prep schools...
Ready for More? London and Washington cautiously agreed with MacArthur that the 38th parallel should be crossed if he and his fellow generals deemed it tactically necessary. But the statesmen of Whitehall and Foggy Bottom objected to the political implications of the supreme commander's statement, and questioned whether he had not exceeded his military authority by discussing political matters (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
Censorship and "loyalty" investigations, he stated, produce "submissive" people, teachers who advocate only "approved" doctrines, writers who never produces critical and independent works, and statesmen who suppress many of their ideas for fear of removal from office...
...fantastic to believe that such ruthless warriors could also be moved by honest piety; to Hume, such a blend of piety and piracy seemed perfectly typical of human nature. More recently, Britain's Lord Dunsany declared that the "adventure of the Crusades [was] the wisest policy that European statesmen ever formulated," because it cleared all the gangsters out of Europe and gave "the arts of peace ... a chance to blossom...