Word: versus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seems to have been written on a streetcar called "Hurry-up." A bumpy, uneven plot that strays off the track more than once, and a jolting dialogue that gathers speed only when heading downhill, suggest haste more than tempered reflection. The few worthwhile thoughts on the value of means versus ends become lost in the general rush-hour atmosphere. Perhaps the author had to finish his piece before he could start his Christmas shopping...
Such are the implications of Morison's new book, "The Battle of the Atlantic," volume one of a 13-tome history of the U.S. Navy's role in World War II. This pre-declaration-of-war phase was the battle of the convoy versus the undersea wolf, and Morison tells how close the wolves came to starving out their English prey...
...Washington is well aware, the civil war is a clear-cut picture of right versus wrong. The Kuomintang, fighting a war of survival with a well organized stubborn foe, has increasingly relied on the corrupt bureaucracy, inefficient military, and the reactionary elements represented by them. The Communists rushed in with an ably led, hit-and-run army to take advantage of the increasing paralysis striking at China's economic life. By hitting at weakly held lines of communication they have immobilized most of the government troops and starved industry of raw materials...
...overall picture of the campaign for control of Cambridge schools and its city government seems couched in terms of progress versus inertia and politics. City administration by an appointed manager becomes vastly unpopular with politicians when lucrative sub-contracts are no longer available. Today Cambridge shovels its own snow instead of contracting for a fleet of $5.00-an-hour trucks and 400 men at a net cost of more than $75,000 per snow storm. Those men eager to keep Cambridge from becoming a politician's plum are endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association. The C.C.A. has also endorsed Richard...
...support from FDR, Jr. In the ring for the chairmanship, apparently with Bolte's backing, is Richard Bolling of Kansas City, an official of Americans for Democratic Action. In addition, policy disputes will no doubt arise (in the corridors they are fast taking shape) over ultimate minimal world government versus Big Three emphasis, bonus versus "Citizens First, Voterans Second," and just how AVC should go about attempting to throw pot shots at the Truman Docrine...