Word: subject
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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THANKS FOR A FAIR AND OBJECTIVE VIEW OF LOS ANGELES [TIME, JULY 4]. THOSE THINGS YOU FOUND WRONG ARE THE SUBJECT OF STUDIES AND PLANS BY THOUSANDS OF OUR CITIZENS ACTING THROUGH THIS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU BACK FOR A COMPARATIVE REPORT, SAY ABOUT...
Also among Hunt's professed friends was Major General Harry Vaughan, the President's military aide. His curious remark on the subject a fortnight ago was probably intended to be metaphorical, not a reference to any official; but it now bore the ring of prophecy. "Why pick on a sergeant [i.e., Hunt]," Vaughan had demanded, "when at least two major generals are in the same racket...
...away with the old system of report cards. Then he abolished automatic annual promotions. His pupils, he declared, would advance as fast or as slowly as they were able. In the fall, each child would start off each subject where he had ended it the year before, regardless of what his classmates were doing...
...same racket, selling their knowledge of Washington ways to businessmen who want government contracts; 3) he couldn't understand why people would "pick on a sergeant [i.e., Hunt, who was a wartime colonel] when at least two major generals are in the same racket"; 4) the entire subject was "silly...
...week starting Thursday, July 14. All times are E.D.T., subject to change...