Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brink of war. The great reason why we have had so many wars is that people take it for granted that there isn't going to be any war. They get complacent and do not make the necessary efforts to avoid war. It's only by being conscious of the fact that war is an ever-present danger that you take adequate and effective steps to avoid getting into...
...customary in these stories for the "non-class-conscious but honest man," caught in the net of the class enemy, to become enlightened by the "class-conscious communist" and unmask the enemy...
...class-conscious communist who conquers every handicap and convinces the people of the truth of the ideology. This figure is quite like the hero of the cowboy movies. He can fight against all odds and win even so. The only difference is that the communist does not wear a ten-gallon hat but a set of rumpled coveralls...
...class-conscious but honest worker or poor peasant who finally becomes convinced by the results and truths of communism...
...expediency than of sincerity. Some, certainly not all of its candidates were recruited, instead of coming to seek support. Last spring Shaplin told a Harvard audience that the CCA, to gain a majority on the School Committee or the Council, would have to broaden its electoral base substantially. A conscious effort to achieve this goal can be seen in the CCA's 18 endorsees. Four are blessed with Italian names, two, and possibly a third, are of Irish ancestry, four have Jewish ties, one is a Negro, one is a Pole, three are women, and only four are blatantly Yankee...