Word: good
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when it defends the Labor government against its critics, the British Socialists use it as evidence that the anti-Socialist Economist has all but gone Socialist; when it criticizes the Labor government, anti-Socialists in the U.S. cite the Economist as an authority to show that Socialism is no good. "From this dilemma there is only one escape," wrote the Economist, "and that is, for once, to give both sides of every medal...
...Hitler and Mussolini, only this time much quicker." Marshal Kliment Voroshilov, Soviet Deputy Premier and Stalin's longtime pal, called upon the Red faithful to rally together for the grand push against Yugoslavia. He also gave them a significant definition of what it means to be a good Communist. "A proletarian internationalist," said he, "is one who, without any conditions, openly and honestly ... is ready to defend the Soviet Union...
...Last week, in Geneva, Danish Psychiatrist P. J. Reiter suggested to the second annual assembly of the World Federation for Mental Health that every top official in all branches of government in all countries "ought to have his head examined." A physical checkup, thought Dr. Reiter, would be a good idea too. Examinations should be conducted by boards composed of a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a sociologist and a physician. Of course, added Dr. Reiter, before ruling on the health of others, each board member should have his own physical and mental health looked into. By whom, the doctor...
...part in underground activities. He was quickly released. But in the Gestapo jails, he was kept sleepless by the cries of agony from other prisoners. "I said to myself," he said later: "How can these same fellows now be so cruel who served under me in Cologne as good citizens and efficient policemen...
...bleiwe wat mir sin (We want to stay as we are), suspected that its social life, at least, would not long bleiwe as it was. For Mrs. Perle Mesta, famed Washington hostess and new U.S. minister to the Grand-Duchy, arrived with plump aplomb, and her ideas of a good party were known to differ from those held in Luxembourg...