Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...course, were professionally interested in the South African press and in the newspaper men who conduct it. They turned out to be an alert and very enterprising group of journalists, and their newspapers reflect those attributes. I was impressed by the knowingness of their questions about the forthcoming Presidential election in the U.S. and by their knowledge of the U.S.'s role in world affairs...
...master plan must proceed anew from the basic premise that diplomacy and power politics only reflect what occurs within nations. The immediate danger from Russia is political rather than military. It is within nations that we are losing and it is within nations that the vast store of energy we would throw into a military potential must find application in the political and economic battle. This past year our support in the internal wars has gone to an unrelated and opportunistically-determined assortment of forces. Russian expansionism's basis for triumph has been its ability to force a choice between...
...Soviet artists and writers condemned by the Committee in recent months, they were charged with falling for pernicious Western glitter. The verdict of the Committee, signed by the purge-master of arts, Andrei Zhdanov: "[Their works] smell strongly of the modern bourgeois music of Europe and America which reflect the marazm [wasting away] of bourgeois culture...
...Crimson offense made up in aggressiveness for what it lacked in polish. The nine goals in the first period reflect the trend of that frame, as the first two lines played like a team again. The opposition caught fire in the second frame and outplayed the tiring Crimson that was hampered by changes in line personnel. But in the final frame, Harvard regained fervor to take the offense for six more tallies...
Explosion Point. Brokers had felt sure that sooner or later the market would reflect fat earnings (which are generally continuing) with a healthy spurt. But last week's drop changed many minds or clouded the crystal ball completely. One expert, who glibly tosses off words like "velocity ratings," "gaps." "double tops," "recoil," etc. to explain the market, finally gave up. Said he: "Frankly, I don't know what's happening. I'm baffled...