Word: panacca
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...brother's dissatisfaction borders on confusion, if underscores Tex's innocence he only wants others to feel as content as he does "Don't worry," he tells Mason as their funds begin to run down. "Pop's coming back" But their father eventual return proves not a panacca but rather a prelude to an unwanted realization about the boys mother. This in turn precipitates Tex's painful reevaluation of his dreams...
Years ago, a Cambined Charities Drive was supposed to be a panacca for all the ills of student philanthropy. No longer would charity after charity pester students with its own door-to-door drive; instead, students could "give once and give generously" and then forget about charities for the rest of the year. The reasoning behind this week's Combined Charities Drive remains basically the same, but most people today realize that a single solicitation for a number of charities creates an ailment almost as bad as the former rash of individual drives. Simply stated, student donations have fallen...
Nationalization is not a panacca. The cry of the press and of business that unions cannot strike against the government is the dreadful wail of King Canute. Over the last 100 years there have been over 5,000 strikes against federal, state, and municipal governments; so long as the injustices of private enterprise are carried over into public works, the worker has a right to strike. But in those utilities which are vital to the national economy, it is the duty of the government to correct conditions which imperil the operation of the utility. And the conditions which create...
...there is no room for false complacency among Republicans, who don't want to see their Party fall back into the morass of isolationism. Many of their most prominent and respected colleagues still cling to that ideal as a panacca that once given a chance will right all America's wrongs...
...claims no panacca value for a victory over Hitler, but he maintains that such a victory must be the basis for any steps towards a better world. "The defeat of Hitlerite Germany," he says, "... would be the signal for the release of renovating and revolutionary forces." But Laski also has a word for those who fear the impact of those "revolutionary forces" on the world which they are struggling to preserve. The key to his attitude is in his dictum that "the answer to revolution is reform." Unless we can replace Hitler's empire of oppression with democratic governments...