Word: deem
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey...
...this war." Last week, in his address to the nation, the President backtracked. He made it clear that he was not talking about military bases "necessary for the complete protection of our interests and of world peace." The U.S., he said, will have "bases which our military experts deem to be essential...
...Tokyo: "Personal government by the Emperor, based on the tradition and sentiment of the Japanese nation, is more deeply rooted than government by law and can meet more successfully what is occasioned by the gravity of the situation. [It is like] parental authority by which parents do anything they deem absolutely necessary for their children's welfare...
Hanged for a Thought. Viennese Dr. Reik, whom Freud considered one of his most brilliant pupils (he is now a practicing psychoanalyst in Manhattan), in general agrees with Goethe, who confessed: "There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable." Psychoanalysts, Reik observes, have a saying which means the same thing: "The girl was poor, but clean; her fantasies were the reverse." At one time or another, says Reik, nearly everybody has strong motives for murder. And courts habitually and unconsciously mistake the thought for the deed; ". . . many people have in fact been hanged for a thought...
...Most appropriation bills are debated fiercely. Even if Parliament should be called to pass them, would there be time? If Parliament did not meet at all, the Government could, in a pinch, have the Governor General issue warrants for expenditures. But would Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King deem that method undemocratic, politically dangerous, expedient, wise...