Word: normalization
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Figueras' existence as the fourth capital of the Spanish Republic was brief, tragic and historic. Almost from the time the ministries were established in the little town (normal pop. 14,000) Rebel bombers began smashing it. In one day's raids 300 were reported killed, 800 wounded. At its fall the city was entirely deserted...
...what's this? Water getting lighter, lighter; sunshine streaming through. A whole school of happy, normal-looking fish frolic past, inviting, luring, beckoning with their tails. A svelt mermaid wriggles by. Vag thaws a bit. Lighter and lighter. Then the upward motion stops, and the water drains off the window for the first time in a month. Heavy wrenches clatter against the door bolts. It loosens. A whisper of new air comes in. A whisper, then a hiss, a roar...
According to CCC thinking, the juniors are "the corps." Of them, 66.75% in 1938 came from Relief families; another 29% from families "below a normal or average standard of living"; 3% had no families. Three per cent were completely illiterate...
Last week the People's Army was in full disorganized retreat northward through what remained to them of Catalonia-an area about the size of Connecticut. Some brigades had 120 men left out of a normal complement of 1,500. Some companies had only 25 rifles and no machine guns. And as a further sign of demoralization, behind it the People's Army left a large part of what stores of food and gasoline remained...
...Federal Reserve Board reported that industrial production was about at December's level, although a rise in January would be normal. The fact that public spending as indicated by bank debits showed a marked downtrend, posed the possibility that consumption might not support even the present rate of production. Balance of expert opinion, however, continued last week to term this industrial hesitation a "pause that refreshes" rather than a "lull before the storm...