Word: confusionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stirrings Below. Into the gaps rushed a confusion of statement and opinion that puzzled and worried the nation.
OPAdministrator Leon Henderson then sadly misjudged mass psychology. He announced the rationing a month in advance to forestall "even more confusion and hysteria," got confusion confounded.
The confusion at five-thirty in the Indoor Athletic Building yesterday points the way to a new type of conditioning program. The policy of marching before calisthenics which has been staggering along all summer finally stumbled because winter weather is forcing exercisers into the restricted space of indoor buildings.
Not only is marching becoming increasingly difficult because of confusion of commands and overcrowding, but marching even in ideal conditions is also becoming of doubtful value. Since exercise groups are extremely variable, improvement since last spring is imperceptible, the same maneuvers being repeated month after month. Adding to this the...
And still the ROTC system continues, intensifies, and plans for the indefinite future. The total effect is one of confusion to the individual and an overall diffusion of energy. There is a fundamental friction between the military habit of mind, and the approach to thought and action which a liberal...