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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Europe's problems were a lot different from what they were in 1948, Gray reported. Industries were humming, trade (in most cases) was sound, and dollar balances were far beyond expectations. But now the demands of rearmament threatened to undo all the good by creating inflation. Gray's prescription was the same old one: only a dosage of U.S. dollars (separate from military aid) could save...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: IJc : More & More | 11/20/1950 | See Source »

...Germany, the outcome of such a move would be to undo our post-war policy of impressing on the German population that is was "militarism more than anything else that was the crux of the recent German misfortune," Friedrich argued. In this regard, he added, it is significant that the results of a recent poll showed that the people of western Germany were against the formation of a German army...

Author: By Arne L. Schoeller, | Title: German Rearmament Now Opposed on Many Counts | 10/5/1950 | See Source »

...Century Finger. The Tormentors is motored by two main ideas: 1) that the unjust ultimately suffer more than their victims, and 2) that in a society where brutality is normal, one man's kindness cannot undo the evil to which the society has bound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sermon for the Merciless | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

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