Word: gist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Come Back." The gist of his speech, the whole purpose of his appearance, came out when he said: "There will soon be presented to the U.S. Senate and to the American people a great decision which will determine the fate of the United States-and of the world-for generations to come. There can be no middle ground here. We shall have to take the responsibility for world collaboration, or we shall have to bear the responsibility for another world conflict...
...American Council on Public Affairs, in general paralleled the National Planning Association proposals (TIME, Jan. 29), but seemed even more detailed and realistic. N.P.A. had recommended raising Congressmen's salaries from $10,000 a year to $25,000; A.P.S.A. called this a "somewhat mythical figure," suggested $15,000. Gist of the A.P.S.A. plan...
...more good advice last week, in a little booklet by Manhattan Psychiatrist Thomas A. C. Rennie (TIME, May 29), and Luther E. Woodward, Ph.D. Title: Two Talks to Families of Returning Servicemen-When He Comes Back and If He Comes Back Nervous (National Committee for Mental Hygiene, Inc.; 15?). Gist: be patient and sympathetic (but not maudlin), use your imagination and common sense...
...chance, for plain U.S. readers news of his death coincided with the first news of his life. The American Scientist went to press just before his death with a translation of an article in which Dr. Vernadsky summed up his lifelong studies of the universe. Its gist: man is entering a new age in which he may become the indisputable master of nature...
What to Do? While waiting for the trial to begin (in Newark, N.J.'s Federal Court), there was not much G.E. could do but issue a counterstatement over the signature of G.E. President Charles E. Wilson, just returned from his government job as Vice Chairman of WPB. Its gist...