Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...basic tenets of present U. S. foreign policy, find it difficult to place their country on the side of justice and fair play where the question of international trusteeships is concerned. These people include many who consistently attack Russia for her unilateral acts, but who, at the same time, wish to see their own country stand for principles universally applicable...
...Steve Canyon, Caniff swore off smoking and drinking. Though he hates to exercise, he even went for walks on brooding Tor Ridge (the locale of Anderson's 1936 play High Tor), to keep his weight down. Says he: "All I could think of was 'God, I wish I were inside!'" So he reminded himself that the ridge was full of copperhead snakes anyway, and gave...
...newspaperman and current member of the Harvard Zionist Group's Executive Board, I wish to take exception to all except the first sentence of Robert L. Wald's letter in Friday's Crimson. The phrase "typical Arab viewpoint" is informative, not editorial in nature and is used to better describe to readers who may not be thoroughly familiar with the sides in the controversy just what group is being represented by the speaker. This is a perfectly legitimate journalistic device. "At least in Hashem's opinion" is included for the obvious purpose of preventing a statement, printed as an indirect...
...foreign trade a woeful lack of information. But the fact of the appointment remains--and General Marshall's tremendous popularity with the Congress assures instant Senate ratification of his appointment. With the great issues of the peace still unsettled, the people of the United States can only fervently wish him well...
...wish space permitted me to quote the entire magazine here. That would be the most effective way of proving my point. The Christmas issue is a hodge-podge collection of tripe--cynically designed to startle Harvard by exposing the fact that there is no Santa Claus, a really novel idea. The Lampoon's dearth of ideas is demonstrated by their choice of material for the review column, "As Lampy Sees Them." They fall back on a pair of antique Fredrick March sagas, that no one is interested in, and write a review that is worse than the pictures something commonly...