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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Addressing the Public Relations Society of America, Sawyer had some even kinder words: "We have passed the time when intelligent Americans use the word 'profit' as a curse," he said. "The idea of accepting a relatively modest profit in order to sell more goods to more people is one of the most progressive ideas in the world today. I will go further. I will say that this idea is the only really radical idea in the modern world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Around Right End | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Turn off the hot tap, turn off the cold; Water is precious, scarcer than gold, Remember the supply is very very short, Don't use a gallon when you can use a quart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: How Dry I Am | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...meaningless if a student feels he is taking a personal risk when he seeks to listen to, understand, and grapple with troublesome ideas. University officials, in statements made over the years, have shown that Harvard understands this principle. If the principle is to stand, the University now must use all the power at its command to end these interferences with free inquiry made in the name of loyalty. It would be pointless, and harmful to military security, for the University to expel its excellent NROTC unit. But the University can help American higher education to save its vitality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard and the Navy | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

...examining the operations and doctrines of proscribed groups. And even the student who doesn't go near NROTC headquarters will be wary of listening to ideas labeled "subversive," if he knows that a person "similarly associated" may one day jot this down on a Navy questionnaire for possible use by a government official who views all political activity as red and white...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard and the Navy | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

...industry, Corwin continued, prefers not to "wrestle with genius" but rather to use unspectacular programs. He added that a few large companies dominate the selection of the majority of shows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Forum Panel Criticizes Standards of Radio Industry | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

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