Word: means
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...possibilities of his father as a literary character--a character which was to dominate much of his later work. In 1923 he wrote to his mother: "Mama, in the name of God, guard Papa's letters to me with your life.... There has never been anybody like Papa. I mean to say that, all in all, he is the most unique human being I have ever known...
...that the boys would study Saturday night rather than spend the evening socializing. UCI students told of night-long cram sessions extending for several days, before they took their equivalent of the College Boards. And these sessions are standard procedure prior to any UCI exam. Failing a course may mean expulsion if a re-exam is not quickly passed...
...Ministry at Bonn was exactly what the new Bundeswehr wanted. He introduced himself as Herr Doktor Robert Schneider with degrees in medicine, philosophy, psychiatry and law. Unmarried and with a lucrative psychiatric practice in the city of Goslar, Schneider nevertheless wanted to become an army medical officer. "This will mean a personal sacri fice, but money has never been a part of my life," he said nobly. "One must have ideals...
...this is what U.S. statesmen should appeal to. But "on the level of mundane existence he is prone to be a refined or crude sensualist. He needs material things for life, but he is not squeamish how they are to be acquired. Since leisure, high speculation and ecstacy mean so much to him, he is coldly indifferent to how the material needs of life are to be achieved. If it requires the exploitation of a different class, he exploits his neighbor without any feeling of guilt...
...biggest user of many raw materials, the U.S. has not only a vested interest but a heavy responsibility in the matter of fluctuating world markets. Any dip in the U.S. economy can mean a big income drop for nations that count heavily on exports to the U.S.-as the U.S. recession proved. Russia's all-out economic war has aggravated the situation, made it more important than ever for the U.S. to help stabilize the free world's metals markets, now suffering from an overproduction stomachache...