Word: self
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...remedy, he says, is not through excessive "legalistic restraint with penalties" if the freedom of the individual is to be maintained, but by "the maintenance of self-government through the maintenance of values enforced through voluntary social approval...
...expects a better drive for ducats than was the cast in the Chicago fray and will continue their policy of the $.55 childern seats in the wooden stands. These went well last Saturday, albeit the fact that anyone who sat in the Bowl end of the Stadium felt rather self-conscious...
Japan is not in the habit of doing much rattling before she strikes. Thus French Navy and Colonial officials were gravely alarmed when the official spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office said on the record: "Japan might be compelled in self-defense to take such measures as she deems necessary...
...driving force of a dictator, built up a modern, mechanized army. That made Turkey sought after by Germany, France and England, as a powerful Near Eastern ally. His Government doubled the country's railroad mileage, started sugar and textile factories, coal and iron industries to make Turkey more self-sufficient. He ordered electrification and reforestation programs and began to build a merchant marine. His policy of "Turkey for the Turks'' largely eliminated the foreign capital, dominant during the Sultans' time...
...commonly called "mood": here a sentimental, nostalgic mood comprehensive enough to include both joy and sorrow. This is also because it includes unusually moving and sympathetic performances from all of the principals, most of whom are newcomers to featured parts. Particularly outstanding is John Garfield's portrayal of the self-pitying, cynical Mickey and his dramatic triumph in the blood-chilling suicide scene...