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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...more solicitous of the general welfare than John L. Lewis; his methods were those of a barroom fighter. Many citizens could approve of his general aims, but he lived solely by the maxim that the end justifies the means. His greatest virtue seemed to be that he was a success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Pied Piper of Chi | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...Security Council could look back on a sizable list of frustrations and failures. It could also note one current achievement: from Java, U.N.'s Good Offices Committee reported to the Council last week that the Dutch and Indonesians had at last agreed to truce terms. But the success was dwarfed by threatening new business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Anniversary Week | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

Every schoolchild knows what success attended their efforts; it is a commentary on the writing of American history that most of the men themselves are unknown. There are volumes on the staff officers of Robert E. Lee, but who, aside from students, knows George Wythe and John Blair, James Wilson, Luther Martin, William Paterson, Richard Bassett, Jacob Broom or Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer? Something is wrong with any definition of greatness that excludes them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: 127 Days That Shook the World | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

Zechariah H. Chafee, Jr., Langdell Professor of Law and head of the United Nations subcommittee on Freedom of Information, lashed out Tuesday at Russian charges of American "imperialism." The action took place in a U.N. session at Lake Success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Professor, U.N. Aide, Assails Soviet 'Imperialism' Charges | 1/24/1948 | See Source »

...success of the campaign in the face of exam difficulties shows "renewed proof of the vitality and effectiveness of the Liberal Union," HLU president Frederic D. Houghteling '50 declared yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1300 Sign HLU's Petition Backing Europe Aid Plan | 1/22/1948 | See Source »

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