Word: habits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Even to Russians the swarthy Kremlin Dictator does not convey his views or orders in a monolog. Like Mussolini, Stalin has the habit, nerve-racking to his henchmen, of asking them first what they think. They may try to guess what he wants them to think, but inevitably Stalin succeeds in digging out much mental meat. He then sums up, gives his decision, and with sighs of relief the henchmen agree. This method, adopted by Mussolini from Machiavelli's II Principe, Stalin evolved from his innate Oriental flair for despotism. Charming when he chooses, Joseph Stalin, big-boned...
...substance the new Senate proposals require that the labels on packages of foods, drugs and cosmetics must state the names of all active ingredients, the use of alcohol as an ingredient, and a warning against any habit-forming ingredient. For all such goods, except fresh fruits and vegetables, the Secretary of Agriculture may establish standards of identity and quality. Forbidden are false statements about goods, with the burden of proof on the manufacturer, packer, distributor and seller rather than on the buyer...
...violent title his narrative is straight-forward and quiet. No racketeering travelogger. Author Nesbitt says little more of himself than: "A mining engineer by profession, my chief qualifications for undertaking this enterprise were a varied experience of men and animals, gathered in many parts of the world, and a habit of placing my trust in Providence...
...those snatches of melody which have become the common property of their people. Thus Bach himself was able to produce his peerless fugues only because there had preceded him generations of smaller composers under whose subtle influence there had spread among the quiet people of northern Germany a habit of music...
...circumstances has caused Ruggles to be regarded not as a servant but as an aristocratic British colonel. "When people think you are a personage, you become a personage" is the alarming thought that has consequently dawned on Ruggles. He is trying to summon up the courage to deny the habit of a lifetime to the extent of leaving service and opening a restaurant of his own. When he recites the Gettysburg Address, he does so from his heart and the full solemnity of its 266 words is in the bashful quaver of his voice. That this fable of a transplanted...