Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...more drastic denazification program in the U.S. zone, the Russians went slower. Key production men could stay on the job, be tried later. <| A Russian general coldly explained that demobilization was not permitted to break up occupation units. The "let's clean this up and go home" spirit so evident in the U.S. zone was frowned...
...eager popular acceptance of recent proposals for a distinctive Canadian citizenship and for a distinctive Canadian flag (TIME, Nov. 5; Nov. 19). It showed itself in the snap and swagger of veteran Canadian regiments marching up their Main Streets, and in the cheers to which they marched. The new spirit could be seen in the words of Prime Minister King a fortnight ago in the House of Commons: "We do expect and will expect that this country shall be given full recognition [in] matters that affect the future. ... I cannot emphasize [this] too strongly. . . . We shall . . . press for our rights...
...Martin Luther, a gigantic incarnation of the German spirit, was exceptionally musical. I frankly confess that I do not love him. ... He was a liberating hero-but in the German style, for he knew nothing of liberty. I am not speaking now of the liberty of the Christian but of political liberty, the liberty of the citizen-this liberty not only left him cold, but its impulses and demands were deeply repugnant to him. . . . Luther hated the peasant revolt which ... if successful, would have given a happier turn to German history, a turn toward liberty. . . . He told the princes that...
Mann then contrasts the European and the German approach to politics. "The peoples born and qualified for politics instinctively know how to guard the unity of conscience and action, of spirit and power, at least subjectively. They pursue politics as an art of life and of power that cannot be entirely freed from a strain of vitally useful evil, but that never quite loses sight of the higher, the idea, human decency, and morality...
...from his old friends Baseball Fan Jim Farley and Archbishop Spellman, finally official notification from. Apostolic Delegate Cicognani. When he was sure, Cardinal-designate Glennon spoke like a loyal St. Louisan: "The Holy Father didn't forget St. Louis. . . . Our Catholic people show greater fervor, more unity of spirit, deeper interest in Catholic activities the world over. The Holy Father must have had these things in mind when he gave the occupant of this see the Cardinal's hat, the first city west of the Mississippi to attain this honor...