Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...resolution admitted that Henry Wallace's party was not all that could be desired. Certain ideological faults would have to be corrected. "It is necessary to expose the illusion that the abolition of monopoly rule . . . will usher in a system of 'progressive capitalism' " (a pet idea of Henry Wallace's). But that was minor. "The central immediate task of the Communists," the resolution declared, "is to help the people's coalition to realize its immediate tasks...
...Goose. Coaltown was a horse the horseplayers really loved. A walnut-brown with a pert personality, he had been beaten only once (by Citation in the Kentucky Derby). His admirers were certain that it could never happen again. Because he ran with his head cocked on one side, his long neck outstretched, they called him "The Goose." At the post, his odds were...
...oldest of the fashionable farming theories, says Dr. Kellogg, teaches that "the soil is like a bank"; the farmer must deposit (in fertilizer) as much as he takes out (in crops), or eventually overdraw his account. This is true only in certain cases, says Dr. Kellogg. Many soils can be cropped indefinitely without loss of fertility. The chemical elements taken away by crops are restored by silt, dust and volcanic ash. Other chemicals work their way up from below. Dr. Kellogg does not believe that fertilizers are unnecessary, but he thinks that farmers who follow the "bank" theory often waste...
...Through seductiveness, or first idea, the painter attains the universal . .. With certain painters-Titian for example-this seductiveness is so powerful that it never abandons them ... I myself am very weak, it is difficult for me to remain my own master in front of the subject...
...outlook," the survey concluded rosily, "is that consumer expenditure . . . will continue in expanding volume . . . It is possible that immediate consumer demand for certain types of durable goods has increased further since the survey, which was taken before the proposed increase in military expenditures...