Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...natural result of existing conditions, since most of the papers follow a conservative line politically and economically, due to the large capitalistic interests of the majority of paper owners. Naturally the economic beliefs of such men run parallel to those of other heavy investors and their papers reflect the conservative, moneyed interests of their owners...
...into flower again in Lausanne's formal gardens. For another spring had come to the new ruins of old Europe, amidst which the Count was somewhat surprised to find himself alive. From the Beau-Rivage Hotel, Mussolini's ex-finance minister could watch the Lake of Geneva reflect the blue sky as in a sun-flecked mirror. Some mornings were so crisp that the Count could see clear across to Evians-les-Bainson the French shore, where, in the evil old days before the war, he and his playfellows of Europe's smart set used to play...
...There is no reason to suppose that our congregations will fall rapidly away when the war is over. They went up during the years from 1918 to 1920. Thereafter, it is true, they began to decline and thus to reflect the mood of disillusionment which was abroad at that time. We shall undoubtedly see some waning ardors when the present war is over. Such a reaction is in the order of nature, due simply to human weariness. But it is not probable that the trough of the wave will be as deep as it was the last time...
...uniform, Ernie Pyle and a host of other correspondents watch him, note his casual expressions, solicit his opinions, record his hopes and fears, marvel at his fortitude. When he is in civilian clothes, the public opinion polls eagerly tabulate his beliefs, his prejudices, his tastes. Few contemporary novels reflect this revolution in the status of the Average Man so sharply as Lower than Angels. Its hero is a character Sinclair Lewis might have drawn: Marvin Lang, son of a Staten Island delicatessen merchant. The story records his progress to a butcher shop, to the Army in World...
...soldier and empire administrator (Syria, Indo-China). Significantly, he is well-equipped to look after French affairs in the explosive Middle East, where Russia also has a spreading interest. His conservatism suits Joseph Stalin, who would much rather deal with able rightists than with middling leftists. Other ambassadors who reflect De Gaulle policy...