Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seems to me that the question of quality versus distribution is one of the fundamental, though unrecognized, differences between the proponents and opponents of compulsory health insurance. The social reformers see only the inequalities and the poor distribution in the present system, but ignore the question of quality, and in fact do not have the necessary training to understand what quality medical care really means. The doctors, on the other hand, are primarily interested in quality, and are extremely cognizant of this aspect of medicine, while they have ignored the maldistribution of the present system until forced into action...
...killing each other with greater facilities than any other five centuries put together. . . We took it almost for granted that science would confer continual boons and blessings upon us ... In the name of ordered but unceasing progress we saluted the Age of Democracy ... It was to ... tasks of social reform and social insurance that we addressed ourselves . . . The name of Lloyd George will ever be associated in Great Britain with this new departure...
...individual may join an organization from excellent if misguided motives-as he might join the Nazi or Communist Party in protest against social injustices; once in, the individual has little voice in the organization, which pursues policies of its own, often diametrically opposed to what the individual wanted in the first place. This process, said Golden, "creates a trap." Unless this dilemma can be resolved, the whole fiber of human society is endangered...
...worker performs a specific operation, planned by people he does not know, often for reasons he does not understand. He has no direct connection with the finished product, no voice as to how it is to be used. He can make up for this loss of influence only through social and political participation in his community...
...game's brightest young star, Pancho is now eligible for becks & nods from the social set that patronizes big-time tennis. "But," says he: "I don't drink cocktails-just beer." Besides, the food at fancy parties does not appeal to Pancho's cast-iron stomach, which thrives on beans (with or without chili and cheese) and tortillas...