Word: conceptions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm Tidningen sent this German concept of invasion...
Demobilization of our armed forces, which is a thought full of alarm to many thinkers, will offer to the American radical, says Dr. Conant, a God-given opportunity to "reintroduce the American concept of a fluid society." Handled properly, a healthy body politic will be assured for at least a generation; handled improperly, "we may well sow the seeds of a civil war within a decade...
...power of the elite. But he thinks that democratic forces may overcome a ruling class. In Burnham's view, man is a long shot and history is doom. In Hook's view, man has the odds. For Burnham, Machiavelli is an aid to pessimism. For Hook, the concept of the hero bolsters optimism...
...course of American foreign policy. Right wheels of protectionism and isolationism indicate "no renewal." Left wing ruts are only lightly traced into American economic soil although sanctioned by both idealism and naked self interest. Unbelievable as it may seem at the present moment the ghost of an outmoded concept walks politically in our midst...
...student interest has not always been overwhelming; dull sessions have discouraged work, and the absence of any sanctions has permitted laxity. Many of these trouble points will be bolstered by the course credit provisions, but these fail as long-term correctives. They are in themselves antithetical to the tutorial concept of education, whose keynote is flexibility and the avoidance of exam pressure. After the war other remedies will be needed for sick tutorial...