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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During the trial, Tanaka testified three times for the prosecution, twice for the defense. On the stand he was witty, self-possessed, contemptuous of his surroundings, making full use of his amazing memory for details. Peremptorily he picked the few defendants on whose behalf he wished to intercede. Of Field Marshal Shunroku Hata he said: "I will testify for that man. . . . He's a fool." Of ex-Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu: "My personal good friend. He, together with myself, has always been opposed to war." But most other defendants he decided to condemn-admittedly for reasons of personal revenge...
Many hand-me-down textbooks are so foul-smelling that children refuse to use them. One school has texts for only one out of three students. Long-outdated books put New York City's population at 4,000,000 (actual population: 9,000,000). Critics say that the city needs 10,000 more teachers, 9,000 new school rooms, about 50 more assistant superintendents, more contact between parents and teachers. Estimated cost to modernize the city's schools: $140 million...
...That Christian spokesmanship, placed at this heart of English-speaking Christendom, was the Socialist Prime Minister's deliberate intention. That was also my desire. That is my right. That is my responsibility. And I am justified in the discharge of that responsibility to use all the weight that the honored name of Canterbury lends...
...teachers scoffed at the Army method, even after the Army method worked. It wasn't the records that brought results; they claimed; it was the intensive, purposeful way the G.I.s studied, and the small-size classes they studied in. But when the Army released the records for civilian use, educators were among those who scrambled to buy them...
Young's Way. Passengers needed little selling. The practically smokeless diesels provide a cleaner, smoother ride than steam. And railroads found that the high initial cost of diesels (the $600,000 is twice that of a steam engine) is offset by more efficient use of fuel, fewer layups, lower repair costs and less roadbed damage...