Word: morale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then there is moral deterioration-graft, corruption, profiteering, black market. These things develop in any country in war, and especially in defeat. But there are several things to say about the graft in China. First, while it is bad, it is not nearly as bad as I expected to find, considering the circumstances. Second, there has always been in China the "squeeze" system, which we consider graft, but they do not. Any Chinese who handles a transaction for you takes 10%. If he takes 20%, he is dishonest; but, if he does not take 10%, he is not considered honest...
Home's Heritage. Young George went to country school, took part in spelling bees and won arithmetic contests, joined a debating society. Debate revolved around topics such as: "Resolved, That man is a free moral agent." One day, in jest, he proposed the topic: "Resolved. There is more pleasure in living with a neat, cross woman than with a good-natured, slouchy woman." In the rugged frontier, George Norris found there was no one who would defend the slouchy woman...
Proudly explained Mikoyan: "The moral outlook and traditions of the Soviet people enjoin them to treat members of a conquered nation humanely. . . . There is also the well-known Russian saying that a man must not be hit when he is down...
...interpretation vastly increased the scope of future trials. German and satellite war criminals might total between four and six millions. The physical difficulties involved were staggering. So were the moral and psychological problems. How, for instance, would U.S. and British soldiers react if they were called upon to execute thousands upon thousands of the guilty...
...easily understood and appreciated-the capture of a dishonest bank clerk at a crowded railroad station, Derby Day, a bearded doctor's vigil at the bedside of a sick child, a sailor's sweetheart gazing across the ocean. Most of these painted short stories had a helpful moral...