Word: idealizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their faiths must be watched by a police force to prevent them from cutting one another's throats. But whether ironic or not, this is the case, and it is typical of religions in every period. People in the west today are far more conscious of the discrepancy between ideal and actuality in a situation such as this, than the people of a generation or two ago. For the recognition of the principle of religious toleration is one of the developments of modern times and has not yet been fully realized...
Without regard for the other qualifications of the Memorial Chapel, already discussed in the past, and the comparatively small number of Harvard men who fought on the German side, their inclusion strengthens the ideal for which the Chapel will stand. The proposed Memorial will be at once a monument to the courage of the individual in sacrificing his life for an ideal of right, and an indication that blind hostility must pass and eventually be replaced by the ideal of international peace...
...famed Boatbuilder Gar Wood of Detroit last week stepped into his 2,200 h. p. Miss America IX at Miami Beach. After running a mile up and down Biscayne Bay at an average speed of 101.154 m. p. h. he got out, remarking: ''Conditions are ideal. I can run faster than that...
...future developments of the Soviet system in Russia. Karpovich replied that with the present lack of information, no one could tell. Official sources are unreliable and private investigation is impossible. The success of the experiment, he thought, would result in the permanent enslavement of the Russian people. The socialistic ideal of the Communists he considers impossible of attainment with the present system, for "no political force can continue an indefinite dictatorship, even if it is economically sound. Complete elimination of private freedom and initiative cannot exist for any very extended period...
...many of the countries of Central Europe look with favor on the proposal, maintaining that the union is purely economic and hence does not violate the peace treaties. Germany claims, in addition, that the toll union is the first practical step toward the realization of the Pan-European ideal which France now champions...