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...listed in Memorial Church largely because the editors of the CRIMSON in 1931 felt and insisted that Harvard, as a great human institution devoted to truth, should regard war as a monstrous tragedy visited upon all the participants, regardless of boundary lines. This argument is a good deal touchier nowadays than it was in 1931, but the generous force of it remains to assure us that the world need not forever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Monro Deplores Narrow Coverage, Omission of Community Interests | 1/30/1948 | See Source »

...Ambassador John Winant is representative of contemporary U.S. life. Many a U.S. citizen fears the influence of British aristocracy, of British stuffiness in U.S. life, as many a Briton hates to think of U.S. movies, U.S. ways, U.S. "vulgarity" influencing British culture. Of the two, the American is the touchier. If some excitable Colonel Blimp had thrown a turnip at Ambassador Winant, the U.S. would have hit the international ceiling. Last week Britons were politely, politicly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: International Incident | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

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