Word: usefulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from the various information missions of the Economic Cooperation Administration which pays out Marshall Plan Funds. ECA in France publishes a slick-paper monthly magazine, makes little instructive cartoon movies about the Marshall Plan aid, and runs a traveling agricultural exhibit supposed to convince French farmers that they could use a bright new ECA tractor. Other missions largely duplicate this pattern; all rely heavily on hand-outs to the local press for much of their publicity. Completing the propaganda facilities on our side are the various embassies, the United States Information Service, and the Voice of America...
...personnel, has now taken upon itself the task of checking on the entirely legal comings and goings of private citizens. Why does the Navy concern itself with the political activity of persons not in the Armed Services? How does the Navy--or possibly some other government agency--plan to use this information gathered at the expense of individual privacy...
...difficulties posed by becoming a member of a foreign family, each student must satisfy six prerequisites: he must have had two years of the language he plans to use, a good academic record, participation in extra-curricular activities, experience in outdoor living, special interests such as photography or writing, and a sincere interest in working for international understanding...
...noted news analyst called upon the United States to repel with force if necessary any attempt to annex Formosa. Terming Formosa vital to U.S. military security in Asia, Kaltenborn said, "We have a naval force in the Pacific and should make it known immediately that we are prepared to use it should Formosa be invaded...
Speaking under the auspices of the Free Enterprise Society. Kaltenborn wrote off the loss of China as "inevitable" because of widespread corruption in the Chinese army. He remarked that China is too vast and unorganized to be of great use to Russia...