Word: apte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other hand, he should realize that he himself is subject to the same standards of high idealism and personal sacrifice which he is now demanding of the people. An American public roused to rigorous self-criticism is apt to judge harshly a leader who does not practice what he preaches...
Care of Wounds. "Wash or douche the wound with clean salt water; this may sting when applied to a raw area but it is good local treatment. Do not attempt vigorous cleaning of fuel oil from a wound; the oil is unlikely to do harm. . . . Sick men are apt to become restless and lightheaded. . . . Keep a lookout that they do not go over the side, because sick men sometimes imagine they are back at home . . . and will, for example, want to go and get themselves a drink of water...
...factory parlance the ugly word for it is absenteeism. In many a factory, girls now take time off for shopping, for tea, for almost anything that seems important to a woman at the moment-though women with close relatives in the services are apt to be among the most regular workers there are. Boys take time off for hang overs, have lately taken to writing blatant cracks like "drunk too much" or "date with a blonde" on their why-were-you-absent slips. U.S. factory morale and discipline seems to be at a very low pitch...
...pray, drive the devil out, live right, read the Bible. Pastor Hall never asks for donations, but he gets enough for rent, food, rummage-sale clothes and stray dollars to give away "if the person seems worthy." When he tires, three elderly women spell him, but the Pastor is apt to preach from early morning to midnight. Says he: "My only worry is that I'm so happy I hate to go to bed at night...
...discrimination between the excellence of some contemporary authors, the hearty good intentions of others, and the mere jingoistic opportunism of still others. In Writers in Crisis ($3) Maxwell Geismar acutely dissects the U.S. writers of the past two decades, but keeps up a kind of smart patter which is apt to put off the more intelligent of his readers...