Word: vitalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...latest developments in commerce and production, hear the philosophies and arguments of opposing sides in current business controversies. They discuss and debate among themselves, attempting to formulate their own opinions. They take time out from the mechanical pursuit of their daily business routines to think objectively on vital matters...
...means a revolutionary revision of the whole set-up, down to the most vital fundamentals. There must be a drastic reduction of the capital indebtedness, now ridiculously high because of over-optimism as well as unbelievable financial skull-duggery in the past. And there must be consolidation, with the subsequent elimination of the competitive scramble for traffic, into a few large companies, private or semi-public...
...signs and portents, the Prime Minister convened his Cabinet- with two vacancies-and began to chart the Speech from the Throne to be delivered November 8. This is the annual state-of-the-nation speech of His Majesty's Government, and since His Majesty's Government have vital interests in every part of the world, it behooved Mr. Chamberlain to look about him far & wide...
Premier Daladier has lengthened French working hours by scrapping the 40-Hour-Week Law in "industries vital to national safety." He has broken with the Communist Party, formerly a pillar of the French Popular Front coalition, to the delight of Berlin. And Premier Daladier has recognized the Italian conquest in Ethiopia by appointing Andre Frangois-Poncet to Rome as the first French Ambassador ever accredited to "Emperor Vittorio Emanuele." All this meant that France had been scared into swerving Right...
When the speaker system in Soldiers Field booms out "Macdonald by Gibson" or cheerfully announces "Harding to Daughters; failed," and when the scoreboard indicates the vital statistics of the play, the coordinated efforts of no less than seven men have been involved...