Word: dependence
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Portfolio Baron Hankey told the House of Lords that, "It has not been rejected." A forced loan was out of the question, said Lord Hankey, while the Government is still trying to see whether the same object cannot be attained voluntarily. In retort last week Professor Keynes snorted: "To depend on voluntary methods, when the Treasury has to take half the national income, is comparable to relying on these methods to raise an army...
...Make yourselves worthy of great books, for your enjoyment of them will depend largely upon what you bring to them." "The feeling which a mother has for her infant is absolutely pure and beautiful...
...Liberal education," asserted Finley, "rests on the assumption that success in life must depend on as full an awareness as possible of a person's environment and tradition. This awareness should enable the liberally educated man to solve his own problems as well as any others he is called on to settle...
...Germans learned the lesson. . . . Now they depend for 5% of their food from overseas, while we are dependent...
...yeast fad could not last forever. Many a yeast-eater turned to vitamin pills, easier to take and just as reassuring. Many another just quit. And Standard Brands' profits began to depend more and more on coffee, tea, gelatin, other items in its varied line, all with narrower profit margins than yeast...