Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Replied Steel, wholly unembarrassed: "No, Communism has not been achieved in the Soviet Union so far. It is not easy. But your term 'State Socialism' is not exact. Many people refer to a condition as State Socialism when a considerable amount of national wealth passes to government ownership, sometimes for military advantage, even though the majority of wealth remains in private hands...
Raymond's is another Harvard possession; but few people seemed to know it. Amid the bustling shoppers and to the music of the "Kris Kringles Krismus Kaper Kadoodlers", shop girls disclaimed all knowledge of Harvard ownership...
Both groups take a firm stand against social upheaval. The first step to Communism, state ownership of public utilities, is censured by both groups, but more vehemently by the students. As for the possible increase of inheritance taxes, the groups taken in their entireties show little difference of opinion. But when the concentrators in the Social Sciences, who among the students surely have the most significant opinions on these matters, are isolated, their favoring of this particular economic adjustment is pronounced. Thus though both camps agree in their denunciation of Communism, the students are the more antagonistic toward...
...rate, men who are learning for the first time how to use the "big stick" are offered more material than any preceding class. Not only will they receive training in the intricacies of private ownership and administration but also they will be given the chance to glimpse the increasing power of the government over the occupations which they plan to enter...
...might be," said overwrought Nat Patton, "that I used some money out of my own pocket." Over the week-end he recalled ownership of $886 in lien notes and Texas State warrants which, added to $1,100 in mileage and cash on hand," brought his total funds for the period...