Word: developer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...record of 7 out of 18 foul shots didn't help the Crimson cause any, and Brown will be out to develop some consistency in this department among his team as well as to find that evasive scoring spark needed for the coming League games...
...theory, children learn self-control in such an environment. In practice they become intolerant of authority, freedom becomes license and, in some cases at least, definite antisocial attitudes develop...
Order 9250. In its simplest terms, Jimmy Byrnes's job is to rivet a lid on civilian economy that will prevent an uncontrolled inflation from breaking out. In the words of Executive Order 9250, he is directed to "formulate and develop a comprehensive national economic policy relating to the control of civilian purchasing power, prices, rents, wages, salaries, profits, rationing, subsidies and all related matters"; and is given the absolute power to order any Government administrator to carry out the points of that policy...
...conflict between duty-to-comrades-and-country (herd instinct) and the instinct for self-preservation may disturb even a well-balanced, man in battle. Under stress, he may suffer from intestinal disturbances and disordered heart rate. A man with poor mental balance may develop hysterical blindness, paralysis, stiff joints, which will genuinely disqualify him as a fighter (hysteria rarely occurs in newly wounded men-presumably because real wounds eliminate them from battle). Another common type of war breakdown is the hallucinatory reliving of terrifying scenes. A psychopath may quit fighting, give way to panic, or commit suicide. Still other...
...papers told how bad white men were stirring up the Indians to attack the settlers. Seven members of the Service of Protection to Indians (an old organization devoted to the preservation and protection of Brazilian tribes) were reported killed in Indian raids. Men sent to build landing fields and develop sanitation stations were in constant danger of being killed by natives or disease...