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...first attempt at a free election. When the results were in, the government forces, a coalition of communists and socialists, had an almost seven-to-one majority over the opposition Polish Peasant Party. The election was not, as Americans understand the term, a free election. Not even the staunchest government supporters claim that it was. Estimates as to the degree of freedom that was allowed and evaluation of the result had complete freedom been permitted are at best a matter of highly conflicting opinions. An issue of more vital concern is: amidst the recent Polish atmosphere, was a completely free...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Eagle--White Eagle | 2/11/1947 | See Source »

...King David Hotel, as TIME neglects to mention, was not an ordinary hotel, but the headquarters of the British Army and Administration in Palestine-whose policies and methods have driven the Jews (who were England's staunchest ally in the Middle Eastern War Zone) to just such acts of desperation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 26, 1946 | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

Lights out since last June flashed last week in Cambridge. From Mass Avenue to Mem Drive, from Mike's Club to Harry's Arcade Spa, the news was spreading. Pinball is back! Despite Mickey Sullivan's staunchest efforts for the opposition, the game of the flashing lights and tinkling bells is legal again. The State Supreme Court has said so. And, immoral or not, pinball is here to stay...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Pinball Lights Flash Once More As Mickey Sullivan Gnashes Teeth | 3/12/1946 | See Source »

John J. Foley appeared as the staunchest defender of the University's plan to build its own permanent homes. "Why take the land by eminent domain or rent it," he said "if Harvard will build better houses than we could, and if we shall also be able to collect taxes from their project...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: Claflin, Durant Offer Botanic Garden Site To Harassed Cambridge Housing Officials | 2/12/1946 | See Source »

...from red to black within two years after he took over, kept the company free of labor troubles all through the war. His father-in-law is New York's Republican Representative James W. Wadsworth, co-author of the Selective Service law and one of Army's staunchest friends in Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Fortune's Wheel | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

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