Word: wars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Professor Albion's interest is the sea. He was born in Malden but managed to grow up on Maine's Casco Bay; by World War I his seafaring ancestry was showing its effect, and Albion joined the Naval Reserve. After what he calls a "delightful" series of training eruises, Albion began to feel that he would like a little combat action, so he jumped leagues and promoted himself a commission as an infantry licutenant...
Outside, as well as within the University, Professor Cross was active in Russian affairs. He served on many American missions to Europe and was President Roosevelt's interpreter during White House Conferences with Foreign Minister Molotov in 1942. After World War I he was detailed to the American Commission to Negotiate Peace and also served as American Trade Commissioner to Belgium in the early...
...distinction between being in favor of me and being against you is a difficult one to draw. But, the world being in the delicately balanced state that it is, fine distinctions can be most important. Nothing, except appeasement, is more likely to cause a war than aimless provocation. God knows, we haven't been guilty of appeasement this time. But there is a pattern of unthinking opposition in our foreign policy which is exceedingly dangerous...
...fact of the matter is that R.T. still hasn't had a fair test. Construction still is under progress, commuters, remain unfamiliar with the system, and pedestrians are all too often downright hostile and uncooperative. But barring a gang war between can companies, the Harvard Square battleground should soon develop into merely another busy, but otherwise normal, intersection. Although not as tasty as Tono Bungay, rotary traffic should effect more material results...
Harris said that while the colleges are getting approximately the same amount of gifts as in pre-war years, those donations do only one-eighth as much work. He attributed this depreciation to increased national income and price levels, and to the fact that these gifts must support "about four times as many students as before the war...