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has divided people into pessimists and optimists. The optimist be- _ lieves that nothing is as bad as it seems; the pessimist believes that nothing seems as bad as it is. The wise stand between the two and arrive at a fair conception of events. Hitler is wondering if Russia will pounce before he is ready for the spring. Bears don’t pounce-they just keep rollin’ along. Sir Archibald Sinclair predicts that Britain will invade the Continent when the R.A.F. has hammered the Luftwaffe to pieces, Britain has decided that the sky is not the limit. Australia is about to manufacture ersatz coffee. The cup that jeers! Beer is up. But it still keeps going down. A pint to remember! The Q-ship has re(Continued on next page) avi for the week: The war
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appeared for the first time in this war. What we want to hear is that the U-ship has disappeared for the last time in this war. Winston Churchill has warned Hitler that if he uses gas against the Russians Britain will turn it on the Germans. If Hitler turns on the gas, he will be putting his head in the oven. "Post-war Problem": Preparing to meet an outbreak of nas
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 152, 22 May 1942, Page 12
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212LISTENINGS New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 152, 22 May 1942, Page 12
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