Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dutch colonial atmosphere has long been widely hailed as far healthier than the British, but this reputation rests more on circumstance than on conscious planning. Unlike the British, early Dutch colonizers were not discouraged from marrying native women and no social ostracism came to them or their half-caste children. Moreover, the Dutch have scrupulously refused to allow the slightest tampering with the natives' moral code, even going so far as to bar missionaries in some islands. But the native living standard is little, if any, higher than in similar British colonies. If the Dutch have experienced fewer revolts...
...conscious of their moral obligations are its editors that they publish no divorce actions, no slander suits, no suicides. Some years ago a member of the Argentine Cabinet killed himself, explaining in a note that because of political opposition he could no longer do what was best for the nation, no longer cared to live. Next day La Prensa simply said that he had "died suddenly...
...socially conscious Mr. Auburn Street study group joined the united front against the Saltonstall edict, with the announcement that the Communist Party Chief would be asked to speak briefly from the steps of the Lampoon building at 4 o'clock today...
...Grant Study is the latest example. The tutorial system, the House Plan, the Board of Freshman Advisers are all part of this trend. But these examples are attempts to adapt the individual more nearly to the requirements of a Harvard education. With the advent of the Grant Study, a conscious attempt is being made for the first time in its history to adapt Harvard education to the undergraduate...
Incidentally, the Balloon Barrage is quite beautiful. We have had such incomparable weather since the war started that every day we can see these "silver fish" swimming into the clouds: because as the clouds approach -a thing you are not normally conscious of - these balloons appear to swim into them. The latest crack, which I expect you already know, is about the dear old lady who said "The Germans can't frighten me, sitting up there in those balloons." . . . The most succulent rumor I heard the other day was that seven U-boats had given themselves up and were...