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With Mr. Willkie's demand that the opposition be strong, alert, and watchful, these will be general agreement. It would be well, however, if the opposition were also realistic. For, to paraphrase the Republican leader, "only the realistic can be effective, and only the effective can be valuable."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HIS MAJESTY'S CONSTRUCTIVE OPPOSITION | 11/12/1940 | See Source »

Armchair strategists wondered if the Chiapas trouble was a feint to draw Government strength from the North, where Almazanismo is stronger. Watchful President Cardenas sent his stanch supporter, General Jesus Gutierrez Casares, down to Chiapas to find out. General Manuel Avila Camacho, who will succeed General Cardenas as President on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Revolt by Telephone | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

Harvard officialdom has shrouded the construction of the Widener Annex in a cloak of mystery, to mask its progress with high, forbidding fences. This is an unwise attitude. The completion of the building requires student supervision. Only under the watchful eye of students can the work continue safely and efficiently...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEHIND THE FENCES | 10/10/1940 | See Source »

Three weeks ago Germany tried to fake a fait accompli. Berlin newsmen reported that the Storting had met, declared King Haakon "no longer able to function" and appointed as "Regent Without Portfolio" Ingolf Elster Christensen. The Norwegian Government in London promptly replied that Haakon had not been deposed, that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Commission State | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

Dr. Butler says: "Those whose convictions are of such a character as to bring them in open conflict with the university's freedom to go its way towards its lofty aim should, in ordinary decency and self-respect, withdraw of their own accord from university membership." This suggestion neglects to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 10/7/1940 | See Source »

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