Word: vitalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their work, save on Saturdays when (if they have been good) they converse under guard for 2½ hours. After the prisoners are locked in at night, the guards engage in rifle practice. They leave their targets (human-shaped dummies) sprawled along the walkway with bullet holes in vital spots for the prisoners to see in the morning. No convict has escaped alive from Alcatraz. A number have gone "stir crazy." The penal psychology there is to make big shots into little ones. The country's" most poisonous malefactors are sent there to prevent their infecting less dangerous inmates...
...other hand, President Conant said, there is the temptation to hink that "the business of this generation is trying to straighten out the tangled net of on upset society," and that the young man must concern himself with "vital matters...
...policy of encircling Germany: "We are for cooperation, which is just the opposite of encirclement. But each time that we have made a step in this direction the answer has been some act of force. . . . To aggression, to autarchic tyranny, to a fanatic ideology, to unjustified demands for 'vital space,' to all violence and brutality, our answer is 'No'. . . . To all efforts at understanding and loyal collaboration, to all that will aid the recovery of business and an equitable distribution of raw materials, our answer...
...Neutrals. In World War II it is possible that even nations who do not take sides may play a vital military part, for they may be invaded. Britain and France count on three neutrals in particular to hold off the Germans for a time. The Swiss have besides a strong mountainous position a small but tough civilian army, probably strong enough to keep Nazis from trying to outflank the Maginot Line to the south. The Belgians are armed to teeth, and their country is well fortified. The Dutch can flood part of their country to keep Germans out of Rotterdam...
...Bingham stated that the eliminations in the budget were proposed for financial reasons. The vital Varsity football gate receipts on the 1938-39 schedule were not as large as anticipated. Returns on the 1939-40 season are also expected to be below par because of games with Chicago, New Hampshire and Bates...