Word: axioms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sharp-worded, sharp-witted critic George Orwell thus paraphrased the philosophy of the Soviet state: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." Last week Russia, which long ago branded equality as "egalitarian" heresy, took another step toward hierarchy. True to Philosopher Yudin's axiom that to preserve the Red Army means to preserve the state, Generalissimo Stalin issued a whip-cracking new set of army regulations. The statutes ordered Red warriors to "respect seniors in command . . . observe strictly military conduct and the salute...
...Axiom...
...soldierly axiom...
...undersigned was . . . apprehended for speeding. It was Saturday afternoon and the judge . . . was not in the city for the weekend so . . . I wrote a letter to the judge and he fixed bail at $15. Whereupon I wrote another letter and quoted the above axiom and he raised the bail...
...Inspector Ghulam realized that, having lost his bribe, he must not lose his case. So he kidnapped a member of Gopal's household and brutally third-degreed him until the servant talked. But Ghulam did not hand over this information to his superiors ("It is an axiom in Indian courts that the police are never to be believed"). He sent it to the dead woman's family, who were as rich and powerful as Gopal...