Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that, Jews had blessed him as he left New York, and there were more of them at Santos Dumont. To the Jews and to his peace-loving Brazilian countrymen, he had a word of hope: "The wish to use words [in the U.N.] springs from the wish not to use arms." He had also a sober warning: "The world is undoubtedly divided into two blocs, the democratic and the Soviet. The work of all democrats and liberals must be devoted to attract back to liberty and democracy those who have renounced...
Enclosed you will find a contribution of one dollar to the Cambridge Tuberculosis and Health Association. I wish to state my sincere regret that it was not possible for this contribution to have been made through the Harvard Student Council's Service Fund...
...wish to give you the facts in regard to a story which you carried in Nov. 3 issue of TIME, under the heading "QuisCustodiet...
...were not more precious than the gold in the ground at Fort Knox, one could wish heartily that Wheat Farmer Campbell's wheat [TIME, Nov. 17] would rot where it lies on his farms. No more damning indictment of uncontrolled capitalism can be imagined than the vicious economics of Farmer Campbell. Another way to get farmers to sell, besides that advocated by Campbell, would be to stop subsidizing them and thus force them to sell their goods for what a free and open market will bring...
...started out as just a burlesque of giveaway programs, but, "Well, to my chagrin, people took it seriously. It's got out of hand. I wish we could start all over again from scratch...