  Japanese Submarine Attacks US Mainland (1942)With the exception of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US was able to largely avoid fighting WWII on home soil, mainly because of its relative geographical isolation. However, Japan attacked the West Coast of the US several times. In 1942, a Japanese submarine fired at Fort Stevens in Oregon in the first and only attack on a mainland US military installation during the war. The shells damaged phone cables and a baseball backstop, but the fort's gunners were ordered not to return fire. Why? More... Discuss |
 Mary Therese McCarthy (1912)McCarthy began her storied writing career as a drama critic for the Partisan Review in the 1930s, gaining a reputation for wit, intellect, and acerbity—qualities that are evident in her later works of satirical fiction as well as in her personal life. She engaged other authors in public feuds and repeatedly took contentious literary and political stands. Author Lillian Hellman filed a multimillion-dollar libel suit against McCarthy after she made what comment about Hellman's writing? More... Discuss |
shortsighted discuss | |
| Definition: | (adjective) Lacking foresight or scope. |
| Synonyms: | unforesightful, myopic, short |
| Usage: | The shortsighted board members derided the plan, which would cost the company money at the outset but could set it on track to earn billions in future years. |
 Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Discuss |
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