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A Congress to win the war, which will buckle down and face the unpleasant realities of inflation and civilian restrictions, may be elected this fall, but not unless the right people are nominated and not unless the right people win the primaries. Congress has been attacked from all sides, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What This Country Needs . . . | 7/13/1942 | See Source »

It's always pleasant to see charity beginning at home, but not when it is undertaken in order to avoid an unpleasant decision. The Dean's Office ruling on the auditing fee must be classified under both of those heads. Announcing that Seniors "who find it difficult to pay the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ten Dollar Trouble | 7/10/1942 | See Source »

At the same time, the truth must be told-even the unpleasant truth.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Editors, Jul. 6, 1942 | 7/6/1942 | See Source »

The Door Shuts. Arrest came to Author Koestler with the words "Hands up!", and he learned how it feels to have a revolver chilling the back of one's neck. Near the base of his skull he felt "a faint itching, a sort of sucking void, not entirely unpleasant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mortal Research | 6/29/1942 | See Source »

He "experiences that almost maniac desire for activity that from now on will alternate continually with melancholia and depression." He tries to hang himself with his belt. The job is too unpleasant. He begins to feel the true weight of "utter, bleak silence. It is only in prisons that air...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mortal Research | 6/29/1942 | See Source »

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