Word: communal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mountainous land of superstition and legend-the land of the Dyaks, the wild men of Borneo, who used to collect heads as Westerners collect stamps; who believe that their victims' spirits enter their own bodies and add to their strength; who live, 50 families in a bunch, in communal houses up on stilts to be safe from orangutans, honey bears, rhinoceroses, elephants, snakes...
...ready explanation. The British are very busy with integrated, social activity, have little time to worry about personal troubles. The number of neuroses among women who were formerly idle has decreased sharply: the passion to win the war provides them with a new set of "pivotal values." The new communal life in shelters and safety stations keeps people from feeling alone and afraid...
Another beneficial result of the war which he stated, is that the traditional reserve of the English towards their fellow man has been cracked by the war effort for communal action. "England is becoming a different nation," he remarked...
While experts surveyed the landscape for destruction, Russian men and women formed a long line, cheerfully helped Canadian soldiers unload equipment and ammunition. Later the Russians opened their communal food center to the Canadians. Enthusiastic Major Murdoch reported: "We tasted such delicacies as borsch and cranberry pie for the first time, and were regaled on steaks hung till they were so tender they could have been eaten with a spoon...
...consider ourselves fortunate that in the heterogeneous population of the Netherlands Indies, those elements of individuality and communal sense-though often not fully developed-are present, which have endowed Indonesian, Chinese and Hollander alike with the blessed gift of humor, the will for mutual appreciation and tolerance, and the power to stand united should-God forbid-we too be overcome by the catastrophes...