Word: idealist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Littauer, clearly, is no theoretical idealist. He translates his vision into action, within his compass. The school at Harvard, for example, is designed to train superior administrators of public office, a worthy objective, and the Littauer Foundation was founded to promote "better understanding among mankind...
...five suits reflect Morey's opinion of his fellow man, with the Scientist (a purple card) in first place. The other suits with their colors are, in order of diminishing value, the Idealist (red). the Judge (pink, green or yellow), the Banker (dark gray) and the Advertiser (black...
Britain and France, lawful democracies, applauded Mr. Hull's words, Autarchic Germany snorted "moral preacher." Autarchic Italy gave him the silent treatment. Autarchic Japan hissed: "Mr. Hull is an idealist." But within 48 hours reactions to Mr. Hull were overshadowed by reactions to President Roosevelt...
...Eight anarchists were tried for murder, and although it was never determined who threw the bomb, four were hanged, three got life and one committed suicide. In 1893 the three who got life were pardoned by the pale, homely, contradictory John Peter Altgeld, Governor of Illinois, prison reformer, idealist, lawyer, wealthy real-estate operator and builder of one of Chicago's first skyscrapers. Last week Altgeld's story was told in a 496-page volume which gave the governor's reasons for his act, showed its consequences not only in his own career, but in the history...
...soon became apparent that he intended not to desert his party but to criticize its policies from within. Said the Conservative Party's great idealist who may one day make a popular Prime Minister: "It is with the Great Democracies of Europe and America that our natural affinities must lie. We must stand by our conceptions of International Order, without which there can be no lasting peace. ... It is the duty of His Majesty's Government at this time to be vigilant and to be firm. The decision is made. The Government must then go ahead. I most...