Word: concept
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Commenting on Communist China's massive effort to herd all China's people into communes. Edward Hunter introduced a new word: insectivization. Said he: "They are insectivizing the whole people, making them into the Soviet man, on the level of the spider, or the ant, the Pavlovian concept, unthinkingly obedient to the master or to instinct...
...present system rests on the fact that in 1948, when there was no conscription, manpower was about 600,000 short of actual needs; that the present draft not only adds men directly to the armed forces, but creates a pressure that persuades others to volunteer. Moreover, the concept of "universal service" has worked thus far in practice (nine out of ten men now twenty-six are serving their obligation) and is patriotic in theory...
...system, offered by the Cordiner Committee, a House subcommittee on manpower needs, proposed to create an all volunteer armed service by increasing incentives in those areas which do not attract many volunteers now. But even assuming the services could support themselves in this manner, it is unlikely that the concept of universal service would have been scrapped. The draft has proven an effective way of putting at least some bright young men in uniform, men who might not volunteer for duty...
Michigan has had a hard time for the past few months. Its budget has been unbalanced by falling income, and expenses have been increased by welfare charges. Indeed, by the accounts of conservatives, the entire concept of the welfare state is crumbling in the near bankruptcy of Governor G. Mennen Williams' Presidential hopes...
...Excellency, U Win, Burmese Ambassador to the United States, will not be able to speak Monday as planned, the Divinity School announced yesterday. He was scheduled to discuss "The Buddhist Concept of Law and Order...