Word: wonders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...state that many returned fighting men wonder why good news is all the news given out to American people (TIME, March 1). So do we! It is true that the American people are acting like a bunch of spoiled kids, but that is the way we are being treated. We are pampered patriots. We are getting a few drops of castor oil in a cup full of political honey...
Already reclassified by his draft board (4-F to 1-A) was veteran Boy Wonder Orson Welles, 27. Asthmatic, arthritic, flatfooted, weak-backed, he asked for an immediate Army physical examination so that he could do a little civilian planning, was pronounced fit for limited service...
Outsiders frequently wonder why Cleveland is more international-minded than most Midwest cities. Clevelanders know the answer-the educational influence of their city's Foreign Affairs Council. Last fortnight it formally changed its name to Council on World Affairs...
Military Future. Meanwhile, the nation could only wonder - what next? There were no further clues to the possible invasion points which had been "pretty well settled" at Casablanca. Amateur strategists, taking a hint from Winston Churchill's visit to Turkey (TIME, Feb. 8), speculated over an invasion of the Balkans-a drive similar to the Allied campaign which helped crack the German juggernaut in 1918. These were speculations which the nation was willing to leave to the masters of high strategy...
Said one observer as the hearing ended: "I wonder if Mr. Paul ever tried living this year in a house that will be built next year...