Word: rationalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Those of us who remain in Cuba could not have more wants... Food and clothing are rationed and can only be bought in minimal quantities with the Ration Book. Fresh milk and poultry are only sold to children and aged people, and many days they are not sold. Many people, especially children, walk barefooted on the streets because there are no shoes at shoe stores or because they have torn the only pair they are given for six months. To see someone wearing a coat and tie is a rare thing...
...School ("much patina, titled schoolmates and scanty meals") and went on to complete his medical studies in 1932. In 1938, foreseeing a second World War, he fled to Rome, where he stubbornly detached himself from the organized world around him. He let his passport expire. He applied for no ration book. He buried himself at the Vatican Museum as a librarian, read nothing printed after the French Revolution. But one day he saw German shells demolish the weathercock on a fine old church and abruptly decided that the time for passive resistance had ended...
...foreigners, my family and I enjoyed a much higher standard of living than any Chinese--a standing government policy. Of course we had no car, no television, no washing machine, no steam heat, but we did have a larger meat ration, enough money to buy milk, butter, and eggs, and a house with its own courtyard. In the summer we were given vacations at the seaside, still reserved for the most outstanding model workers. Whenever we travelled, however, we were plagued by red tape and special passes...
...couple of days afterward, CBS announced that Rather-despite the bone that had been tossed to him-was being transferred to London. Hearing this, Lyndon followed up his earlier gesture with a whole can of Ken-L-Ration, wishing Rather all the best and promising him that he would "put in a good word with Harold...
...raised his hand in the familiar V sign. It was a valiant effort, for Churchill had grown ever weaker and more withdrawn in recent years. Denied his old pastimes of painting, bricklaying and racing a famous stable, he still found pleasure in food, drink and a meager ration of cigars, in feeding the black swans at Chartwell, his country manor, or reliving old wars and controversies with a few chosen friends. Though the world saw little of him, he remained one of the most widely beloved and honored men on earth. Among other high tributes were the congressional resolution that...