Word: truths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Says General Thomas Dresser White, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force: "The very real ability of our long-range bomber force is understood by the Kremlin. The Russians' understanding of this primary military truth has caused them to postpone their aggressive plans until such time as they might be able to alter the balance of power in their favor...
...silent and deserted (see overleaf), are as classic as the story. They have nothing in common with the works of the great French illustrator Gustave Dore, or with the Englishmen Cruikshank and Tenniel, except genius. In the U.S., no other illustrator ever achieved such a poignant mingling of psychological truth and natural mystery. Perhaps even more than Washington Irving's tale the pictures tell the weird swiftness of human life...
...expected, the new policy touched off a wave of protest. In reply, the taxmen rushed out a sugary pronouncement that things would really be no different from before. But the truth was that the bureau has every intention of rigidly enforcing the law for the first time-and everyone who has an expense account will know...
There are occasional sentences so strung with subsidiary clauses that they clank by like a slow freight in the Louisville & Nashville yards, and some of the family conversations contain too much of the truth of total recall. Yet the book thrusts and pulses with the joy of existence. It is a prayerful celebration of the truth that love can outlast death...
...department, said White, "the philosopher's only commitment is to the pursuit of truth and understanding of certain topics. My proposal for an ideal divinity school is that its philosophers be granted the same degree of freedom...