Word: developers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Brussels the Cabinet, after emergency meetings, issued a communiqué: "The Government cannot assume responsibility for the political events which will inevitably develop . . . immediately after the King's return. . . . Current affairs will necessarily comprise the maintenance of public order as well as political responsibility for the words which the King will pronounce. . . . Therefore, the Government has handed to the Regent [Prince Charles, the King's brother] its resignation...
...Parental attention is all too frequently negative, inconsistent, hostile, aggressive and destructive. ... If the child is rejected or neglected or is made to feel that he is not wanted, he is bound to develop ideas of abasement . . . unworthiness, humility, ignobility and frequently, in addition, conflicts based upon anxiety and hostility. . . ." Sometimes, though a child is greatly beloved, that love is not shown "by consistent acts of kindness" and the child thinks itself unloved. ¶"Too much love of a certain type" is just as bad, "protecting him from life, filling his suggestible mind with nebulous fears." This results...
Then there is moral deterioration-graft, corruption, profiteering, black market. These things develop in any country in war, and especially in defeat. But there are several things to say about the graft in China. First, while it is bad, it is not nearly as bad as I expected to find, considering the circumstances. Second, there has always been in China the "squeeze" system, which we consider graft, but they do not. Any Chinese who handles a transaction for you takes 10%. If he takes 20%, he is dishonest; but, if he does not take 10%, he is not considered honest...
...personally operated a covered van which proved unexpectedly successful. In 1904, he introduced the first motorized van. When Sjoerd's grand son Milo (now 53, senior family member, and president of California Bekins) was ready to go to work in 1919, he had an already flourishing business to develop...
...hands of the D.A. (Otto Kruger). Just to help out in hard places, such as impersonating a great floorshow star when you know nothing in words of less than nine syllables, Buzzy's ghost demonstrates that he can enter and take charge of Edwin, body & soul. Complications develop, thanks to Miss Mayo, who has begun to interest Edwin even more than the smell of bindings, and to Pelican-partner Vera-Ellen who, he learns, expects to marry him-as Buzzy-next afternoon. To make matters worse Buzzy's ghost, floored by a hangover, defaults during a crucial interview...