Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mother and stepfather moved to a farm near Lowell, Ind., Eva slipped easily into the affairs of the town high school. By the time she was graduated in 1935, she was president of the Red Pepper Social Club and had acquired the highest of adolescent accolades-she was a "popular girl...
...idea (still popular) that The Machine doesn't matter, that human society is not deeply affected...
...fall. Already the Communist-controlled Federation of Labor (which claimed that the cost of living had risen 21.5% since Schuman granted general wage increases last Dec. 1) was demanding a new 20% general wage increase. The demand-which, if granted, would simply push prices still higher-gave Communists a popular rallying cry in a new onslaught against Schuman's government. Schuman last week grimly accepted the challenge: "I am ready for my greatest battle...
...three rivers. Although an ascetic, he condemned the extreme self-mortification of holy men who lay (as many did last week) on beds of nails, or walked on beds of live coals, or twisted their attenuated bodies into knots. Gandhi had gone but a few times to the great popular Hindu festivals, sternly condemned the orgiastic frenzy and the exhibitions of extreme asceticism. Now, however, Gandhi belonged not only to the ages but to the people, and India celebrated his last rites in its own un-Gandhian fashion. At water's edge, the ash-laden urn was transferred...
Consequently, both drama groups must constantly aim for popular theater, because they simply cannot afford a flop. Experimental plays--in the now time-honored tradition of college theater in this country--are had risks here, and it is virtually impossible to build up financial reserves to absorb any loss sustained for the sake of experiments, or even bad plays...