Word: terrorism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...word 'World Capital' is nothing but ambiguity . . . bloated with false deductions. . . . Confronting such a menace, the inhabitants of Connecticut, terror-stricken, took the bit between their teeth and flatly voted against the invasion of their domain. ... If the word 'Headquarters' brings to mind 'LIFE,' 'World Capital' brings to mind 'ACADEMISM.' And here we come to ... the very basis of the debate: ACADEMISM OR LIFE...
...mistake our meaning. We do not invite terror for its own sake. There is no gain from the paralysis of the chicken in the presence of the snake...
...fact is that had Russian terror not so completely discredited Communism, our stupidities would long since have discredited democracy. For example, in Bavaria the Socialists and Christian Democrats united in asking for the provision of a planning commission in their new constitution. Our military government ruled it out on the ground that it was incompatible with democracy. Amidst the awful shambles of the German cities such notions of "free enterprise" are as irrelevant as Communism is noxious. It was a very conservative Bavarian who wailed, "How do Americans expect us to rebuild these cities without planning...
Mustard gas was a World War I terror. For World War II, chemists developed (but never used) a variation called "nitrogen mustard" (substituting nitrogen for sulphur). In studying defenses against the new product, they noticed that nitrogen mustard had a special affinity for cells that grow rapidly. Why not try it against cancer cells...
...against the British, would turn just as eagerly on Jewish "appeasers." In a showdown, moderate Zionists would probably have the support of Haganah, largest of the underground groups. The compromise note was already sounded by "Voice of Israel," the Haganah radio station, which last week condemned violence and "purposeless terror...