Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...James Smith, who lives meanly in a $16-a-month room, could stand some medical attention himself: his hernia bothers him a good deal, but he cannot afford a doctor ("Everything is so dear"). Then how can he afford a charity? "Oh," he explained, "that's different. I'm an old bachelor and I don't have any family, so why shouldn't I help the poor? . . . Every night I put aside whatever change I have in my pockets and save it up and when Christmas comes I take it and give it to charity...
...some kinds of radiation, Dr. Collins says, his scintillation counter is at least ten times as sensitive as a conventional Geiger counter. It can also distinguish between different types of particles, which the Geiger counter cannot do without screens or other extra equipment...
...General Lucius D. Clay . . . he so judiciously and fearlessly carried out his duties in Berlin that his actions are tangible proof to the world that we mean what we say and cannot be bullied by a scheming Soviet Russia...
...last third of An Act of Love is a first-rate, exciting war report. Correspondent Wolfert can describe a battle in its coherent entirety while focusing attention on a few men fighting in it. But as a novelist, he cannot bring to life the feelings of men in war with the same vividness that he brings a battle to life. Towards his sad weakling of a hero, whom Wolfert tiresomely philosophizes over, the reader can feel only the sort of minor pity one feels for a sick puppy...
...repetitious elaboration of his grim teaching: wretched man comes into this rotten world through no fault of his own. The concept of God, argues Sartre, is an irrational delusion. To find happiness, each man must act to free himself from the brutalities of his environment; but, awful paradox, he cannot act until he is free...