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When he spoke of full employment, peace, and "progressive capitalism," Mr. Wallace spoke in the most general terms. But if he had attempted to present a panacea for every social ill; he could still he speaking. His address at Soldiers Field is only one of many, and there are several books and a great number of articles in 'New Republic" and else where in which Mr. Wallace deals with more specific problems. If this speech is to be viewed properly, it must be placed i context with all his other speeches and writings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Great Gadfly | 10/3/1947 | See Source »

...government's efforts to establish social and economic security, the P.M. said: "Let me warn you to beware of change just for the sake of change; or what, in national affairs, is even more dangerous, against accepting at its face value any untried Utopia, or any proclaimed panacea for social ills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE PRIME MINISTRY: Native's Return | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

White-bearded André Berillon, backed by the 41 textbooks on hypnosis and psychotherapy which he has written in his 87 years, offered a panacea by hypnosis. Known as the Doctor of Fear because of his pervasive pessimism, Berillon sat hunched in his eerie consulting room, a tight, dusty black suit stretched on his bony frame, a black skullcap pulled over his forehead and a purple velvet tie flapping about his scrawny neck. The floor was littered with bric-a-brac and jagged pieces of skulls. Intricate, whirring machines on the table set colored lights blinking. They were calculated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: In a High Wind | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

...reportedly offered to give in. Troops are being taken out of their unwanted task, not because the strike was broken, and a truck strike is comparatively easy to beat, but because the unruly men had won. That school of thought which considers be-tough-on-labor the final panacea for American working ills has considerable reading to do in the weeks ahead. Labor can be tough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lesson in English | 1/17/1947 | See Source »

...they continue to talk of the political panacea. The British have failed--or never tried--to promote the welfare of India. The plans of the Nationalist leaders, much concerned with the preservation of their own personal spirits in the Vedaic aftermath, are similarly vague. To give meaning to this liberty, both the British and the Indians must work together from the ground to achieve some social foundation on which to build a union of the Indian peoples. Education, agricultural reform, social security, and systems of public health must be strengthened beyond their present token status as newsreel scenes of British...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brass Tacks | 8/2/1946 | See Source »

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