Word: sternly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact passed its first anniversary last week, Tokyo noted the day in stony silence, Moscow with a stern warning. "It is necessary," said the Communist mouthpiece Pravda, "that the Japanese military and Fascist cliques, whose heads have been turned by military success, realize that their prattle about an annexationist war in the north may cause damage, first and most of all, to Japan herself...
...readers had in trying to handle a full-sized newspaper. She was able to announce a highly satisfactory result: the Post's 208,000 circulation jumped. 30% within a week as a tabloid, passed the 235;625 circulation it had when the Backers bought it from J. David Stern. Publisher Stern pushed his circulation with premiums-from records to reprints of Van Gogh. The Backers, who have poured more than $1,000,000 into the long-ailing Post, have tried no circulation stunts, have sought to build their circulation on editorial appeal alone. "The Post is a better investment...
...succeeded in keeping its head. Far outweighing the doubtful benefit of conditioning a few pacifists would have been the considerable loss of freedom that such a move of necessity entails. If we hope to avoid ruthless, indiscriminatory suppression, we must be as liberal toward harmless minorities as we are stern in our opposition to dangerous ones...
...Adolph W. Samborski, director of Intramural Athletics. All men must have had previous experience, he said, and in the past several House crew men have moved up to the Varsity. Their reputation suffered somewhat last year when one of the boats was run ashore, splitting it from bow to stern...
...Fort Meade private (Frederick Gaither) came on the air with his partner, a Garand rifle named "Stinky," and discussed its make-up and accomplishments with Sportscaster Bill Stern. This was an easygoing, informative skit, especially for anyone unaware that U.S. soldiers now carry armor-piercing rifle ammunition to drill through the belly of enemy tanks...