Word: rewards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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World War II gave Malenkov his biggest break. While Stalin ran Russia's war, he ran its airplane factories, and did it very well. His reward was the task of reconstruction. Malenkov got results-and never stopped to count the cost in human misery. In 1946, he stood second only to Stalin at the May Day parade...
...democratic theory and practice will become too huge, too cumbersome . . . A completely noncompetitive society would be dull and stagnant . . . Socialism should try to stress competition for the laurel wreath rather than the sack of gold . . . But it should recognize that material progress has been furthered by competition for material reward . . . The concept of the class conflict basic to Marxism needs modification. Marx thought that the lines of division between workers and owners were becoming steadily clearer. This, however, has not been the case, least of all in our own country." And capitalism, Marx notwithstanding, is not necessarily the cause...
...Treetops Hotel,* saw his old teacher hack off the head of a Kikuyu forest guard with a panga knife. Kimathi tied the severed head to his belt, then loped off into the jungle at the head of his band of 40 Mau Maus. The Kenya government has offered ?500 reward for Kimathi's capture...
After Storm's victory, delighted Owner Carey gave his 38-month-old Doberman a T-bone reward: permanent retirement from the show ring. "He's earned his rest," announced Carey, carefully adding that Storm will "continue to stand at stud...
...German sentry, but posed as Flemish workingmen and convinced him. That night, less than four days after leaving Colditz, Reid and his friend stopped under a lamppost in a Swiss village and shook hands. Even the British government thought it was a pretty good getaway. Reid's reward: the Military Cross...