Word: minding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pretty well convinced, on the evidence, that all Communists in a democracy are potential spies and traitors; but the U.S. was still doggedly determined not to treat even a known Communist as a spy or a traitor until he was caught redhanded. That frame of mind was doubtless a source of grim amusement to Communists, who are logical people...
...confuse the Russians with democracy's late enemies, the Germans and the Japanese. Both the Axis nations were militarist, which means that they had a preference for going to war to get what they wanted. Militarism is not one of the numerous moral spirochetes in the Communist mind. The Reds understand very clearly the importance of military power, but they prefer not to use it if they can reach their objectives by propaganda, conspiracy or blackmail. The Communists are not likely to unify the U.S. with a military Pearl Harbor...
...gets hungry enough, strange things begin to happen to his manners, his emotions and even his mind. During the war, 36 conscientious objectors volunteered as guinea pigs for experiments in human starvation. In the current Journal of Clinical Psychology, the results are reported by the researchers (Drs. Joseph C. Franklin, Burtrum C. Schiele, Josef Brozek, Ancel Keys) who conducted the experiments at the University of Minnesota's laboratory of physiological hygiene...
...after he had worked his way through night classes at Fordham law school by selling plumbing equipment. He moved to the Treasury in 1938, became its general counsel in 1944, but quit last year "to provide for the financial security" of his wife and two daughters. He changed his mind about Government work, which he enjoys, because "I was flattered by the President's request and couldn't find any good reason for saying...
Less for Steel. Acme Steel Co., which recently raised prices on finished steel from $6 to $8 a ton, changed its mind. The company, one of the biggest electro-galvanized sheet producers in the U.S., canceled the increase because no other big manufacturer had followed suit...