Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...doctrine is of peace, of labor, of rational brotherhood and the welfare of all without caste, race or privilege. The only privilege is for the child whom we must shape into a man, not a beast. . . . This is the revolutionary doctrine. From this day forward we will teach it in all the schools...
...human race is enjoying what zoologists sometimes call a "breeding storm." In 1630 there were about 400,000,000 people on earth. By 1830 the earth's population had doubled. By 1900 it had doubled again: to 1,600,000,000. Now the total is over two billion, and the increase is about 1% (20,000,000 people) a year...
...Osborn's basic thesis is reasonable. Improvements in food-getting require better organization and discipline than most nations possess. And even if all of them were put in practice, that would only postpone the crisis. The human race cannot continue to increase indefinitely at ts present rate without reaching the starvation point-as India has done already...
Victory had become a habit with Nell. Since her first race in competition, six years ago (in which she placed second), she has never been beaten, now holds more titles than she can remember. One reason for her endurance: during wartime in German-occupied Holland, she lived most of the time with friends and relatives in the country, pedaled a bicycle on 100-mile trips to visit her home in Amsterdam...
...good man breaststroke swimmer. In New Haven last week, where the men's A.A.U. swimming championships were held, blond Joe Verdeur of La Salle College became a hero for the second week running. He came butterflying and frog-kicking down the final lap of the 220-yard breaststroke race to win. His time of 2:30.5 (compared to Miss Van Vliet's 2:51 at Daytona Beach) was a new U.S. and world 200-meter record...