Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sure Cure. Since the military junta of General Manuel Odria took over Peru last fall, the government has been worried about the public effects of coca-chewing. In desperation, it finally renewed an old plea to the U.N. Economic and Social Council to send a commission to work on the problem. Callao's international operators speeded up their shipments to clear out big inventories. But domestic dealers were unworried. Said one: "If you're poor, you're hungry. Pichicato fixes that. If you're rich, you want an aphrodisiac. Pichicato fixes that...
...inward-looking brand of spirituality. Whether or not U.S. religious interests are growing more contemplative, they are certainly growing. Chicago Daily News Columnist Sydney J. Harris said of The Seven Storey Mountain: "This book shows how far we have traveled since the 'sos. First, we were the social revolutionaries, looking down our noses at Babbitts. Then we realized that social problems were linked to politics and economics. We became political revolutionaries. Finally we came to see that all political questions are fundamentally religious ones. It's a big thing that's been happening, and this book helps...
Meredith, he has already begun to talk about the responsibility of future engineers, and M.I.T.'s "fourth estate"-the social sciences and the humanities. Last week, in his inaugural address, he spoke of these responsibilities again...
...professional man, said Killian, "we must add [a new] ingredient-the new social mind called for by Henry Adams. The specialist must shun the view that lopsidedness is laudable; he must be politically and morally responsible; he must test his actions by their human impact...
...pride of Belleville, Ark., wearing a huge cud of tobacco in one cheek, forgot at times that it was only an exhibition game. "When I step on the field," Sain once said, "I'm not making a social call. I'm a professional baseball player doing what I'm paid for, which is to get batters out." Against one Cincinnati batter, he fired his big, jug-handled curve (the best in baseball), then a screwball, and then the fast one. The umpire's thumb jerked upward; the batter, Outfielder Frank Baumholtz, was out on three pitched...