Word: basic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from any phase of the convention; for example, the establishment of a permanent world youth organization, complete with written constitution, should provide some fiery debates between the Russians and the British. The conflicts which must surely break out among these young people can be but a reflection of similar basic differences between their elders, though there may indeed be more areas in which they can reach agreement. The government-sponsored delegations that will represent such states as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the hold of the Communist ideology on many young European minds today, and the active participation of groups like...
...Stolen Life (Warner). "Man needs woman. Woman needs man. That's basic." This bit of twaddle is about the most intellectual statement in this sentimental restatement of Elizabeth Bergner's 1939 film of the same name...
Diametrically opposed to the National Educational Association's emphasis on immediate applications of knowledge. University "basic knowledge" forces are mustered in the Harvard Teachers Association and the School of Education's alumni which include three state commissioners of education...
...born (1888), Charles and his wife owned 80 acres and were adding every year to their holdings. The Kuesters were becoming, like their land, American. Gus was the first child to learn English first, German (which he seldom speaks) second. From his father, whom he worshipped, Gus learned his basic view of life: "He taught us to be thrifty, to believe in God and not to shoot our mouths off unless we had something...
...well aware of the" basic issues in the world today and thinks long and doggedly, as only a farmer can, about them. He knows that one of them is food. But he knows his land, he knows his kind of people. Says Gus Kuester: "I know that a lot of folks are counting on the American farmer. I don't think folks got nawthin' to worry about...