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...this was merely a symptom. Underneath lay a new, realistic conviction that Britain's fate was closely tied to Russia's. Tanks-for-Russia Week was only a beginning. Tanks happened to be Russia's most immediate need, but other needs would develop far faster than the British could satisfy them...
Between World Wars I & II, Britain was not a functioning democracy. Democracy is the most delicate balance of classes and their conflicting interests; appeasement was the symptom that this balance had become unbalanced. Among British Tories, appeasement took the form of pro-Nazi laissez faire. Among Laborites appeasement took the form of do-nothing pacifism. "The House of Lords," says Kraus, ". . . was . . . the stronghold of pro-Nazi sympathies-with the Labor Lords, in their pacifism, closely allied with Fascist-minded peers." Britons were afraid even to diagnose the disease of which the great General-Strike of 1926 and Munich were...
...said she had syphilis. Several doctors had told her she was mistaken but she thought they were "in league" against her. Dr. Deane had a Wassermann test made by the Board of Health. When the test came out negative, he suspected his patient was suffering from syphilophobia-a symptom often caused by fear of sex. Thinking he could cure the woman more easily if he humored her, Dr. Deane changed the Board of Health report to "positive." Then he prescribed a red tonic, gave her some harmless injections for her nerves...
...facts emerge from the fog of rumor surrounding the now-notorious episode of the lacrosse team at Annapolis, three things appear definite. First, it is self-evident that the Naval Academy was primarily at fault for its discrimination against colored athletes, a symptom of its prejudiced attitude toward the Negro race in all matters. Second, Athletic Director Bill Bingham was guilty of hasty judgment in acceding to Admiral Willson's demands. Third and most important, there must be some measure taken so that a similar incident can not happen at Harvard again...
Before the last cocktail had been downed and the last dance danced this generation had lived through: 1) World War I, which for the first time brought out into the open the crisis in western civilization of which the lost generation was also a symptom ; 2) the beginnings of a social revolution which came to be called Communism and Fascism; 3) the abdication of an older generation almost as lost as the younger...