Word: vicious
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...constitution by its very nature will call for the same dynamic approach as that which spurred its birth. A new order of Council members may derive from a new order of Council; and with them the traditional vicious circle may reverse, leading to more action by, and--most important--more interest in, the Council...
...South has been proud of George Washington Carver for a long time. TIME'S inference to the contrary ... is a vicious, damyankee slur...
Discussion of another proposal revealed the vicious circle of reasoning underlying the whole manpower shortage debate. When some repatriated Italian prisoners of war indicated that they would like to return to Britain and work on the farms, the semi-official objection was that Britain's food shortage was so grave that the nation could not take responsibility for feeding extra mouths. In fact, importation of foreign labor was political dynamite because labor's rank & file jealously opposed it. The alternative-a deep cut in the Armed Forces and Auxiliaries (1,510,000 men & women)-would mean a serious...
...Locket (RKO Radio) is a dull blend of two of Hollywood's hardest-worn current themes: psychiatry and vicious womanhood. Laraine Day is a sweet-faced wanton who lies, cheats, steals and murders her way through the ruination of three remarkably gullible leading men (Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond...
...ranged far afield into discussions of budgetary balancing, fiscal policy, and inflationary effects, but none of the proponents of tax reform have examined HRI at its most vulnerable point. Despite the apparent justice of an equiproportional tax cut for everybody, the bill proves on closer examination to be a vicious example of regressive tax relief. In effect, the brainchild of Messrs. Knutson and Martin gives little aid to the lower income brackets and reserves the plums for the well...