Word: war
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Japanese General Yamashita [TIME, Nov. 7] is very commendable. This whole business is a black mark on American history. Those who, like me, were captives of the Japanese in Manila knew what was going on there and something of the measure of Yamashita's guilt as a "war criminal," and I think few of us approved the scant justice he received in his trial, or the ignominious fashion in which he was put to death...
...received of the trial convinced me beyond doubt that Yamashita was a general who was doing his duty, completely ignorant and innocent of the murderous actions of his troops, and strangely similar in character and actions to the kindly, intelligent and duty-conscious General Kutuzov of Tolstoy's War and Peace...
Shortly after the first World War, Dr. Walter Johnstone Williams, dentist and British consul in Papeete, Tahiti, acquired the atoll of Tetiaroa . . . Dr. Williams was the only dentist in Papeete for years, and he did quite a business-considering the Polynesians' love for "glitter-work" in their mouths . The royal Pomare family fell in debt to Dr. Williams for gold fillings . . . so they gave him Tetiaroa to clear up the bill...
There are two possible explanations for these new concessions to German revival. At best, they represent votes of confidence designed to strengthen the German democratic government; at worst, bids for another ally in the Cold War over French protests of distrust...
...Research and Development Board supervises the investigation of new war techniques and weapons for the government. The post was held until early November by former MIT President Karl T. Compton who retired because of ill health. Compton left MIT a year ago to take the post...