Word: basic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were two items as closely related as the horns of a dilemma. One was that the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission is going to establish a testing ground for atomic weapons somewhere in the Pacific. The other was a sentence spoken by a Republican presidential candidate, Harold Stassen: "The greatest basic competition of all history [Russia v. the U.S.] cannot really be decided...
...radio serial during that time, he might have used words that would not otherwise occur to him. The modern kid uses a lot of words picked up from movies, comic books and newspapers, says Dr. Seashore. He estimates that the average kid starting school can identify about 17,000 basic words (e.g., loyal), and from them derive the meaning of about 6,000 more words e.g., loyalist...
...enough in its seven-month session, but in too many things it has willingly failed. Broadly, the reason has been a confusion of statesmanship and politics, leading to such asinine Republican challenges as. "No tax relief, no European relief." Sinking back comfortably into their trust in man's supposed basic selfishness, these Congressional leaders based their political hopes on a fantastic combination of a brave, new isolationism and a hideous fear of Russia. But while a great deal of bumbling has been done about communism, labor unions, and government controls, none of which are especially dangerous to the country...
...Communist meeting, that would be a "bad thing." As the W's and du B point out, "the demonstration was incredibly well-organized" and "is it a denial of free speech for the audience to be louder than the man addressing it?" This makes beauty of organization and violence basic criteria in matters of discussion. It puts all opinion not backed by muscles as hard as the heads of those engaging in such discussion at the mercy of hardness...
...they weaken," he declared, "we shall need to make many basic readjustments"--wage and salary increases "in some cases," lower prices "in the numerous instances where profit margins permit or where future profits would be better protected, by assuring larger volume through lower prices," now social legislation, and restoration of some wartime government controls...