Word: concept
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...failing that, "practically any person can learn how to develop ego strength at any period in life. . . . * It is frequently a long and painful process, but it can be done. To assist the individual in attaining this goal is the work of the psychiatrist, and in the above concept lies the germ of the prevention and also the treatment of alcoholism...
Somewhere along the routine line, something had happened to Wedemeyer. He began to study economics, foreign affairs, history and the new concept of air power. A mind that can be as cold and rigorous as a steel trap had found something to bite on. In 1936, Wedemeyer (now a captain after 15 years as lieutenant) graduated from the General Staff School at Leavenworth with such high honors that he was chosen to attend the German General Staff School, Berlin's famed Kriegsakademie...
Nevertheless the War Crimes Commission in London was hard at work, checking the latest prisoner lists against its bulky catalogues of charges. The Commission has no power to act, can only list the accused and compile evidence. But it had made some progress in broadening its concept of war crime...
...concept: that all those who decreed, directed or participated in the policies which resulted in planned undernourishment, slave labor, concentration camps and organized prostitution should be considered criminals. Under this definition, Germans could be tried and punished for crimes against other Germans, as well as against Poles, Russians...
...This concept of 'end result,'" said Usher, "Is in conflict with the concept of unplanned social evolution, which has characterized the growth of society...