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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this stripe have yet to articulate in compact, coherent fashion a conservative declaration of faith, and probably because of popular misconceptions concern- ing the meaning of conservatism, this is a job to be left to the professors. But their speeches and their votes indicate that they understand true conservatism and are prepared to work for it in practical ways--voting for extensions of social security, Federal aid to education, social development of natural resources. Instead of opposing all social legislation out of hand they are, most of them, always thinking up something new, using a new mechanism (i.e. the federal...
...appraisal of his individual virtue, the U.S. citizen thinks pretty well of himself. No less than 91% asserted that they were "honestly try[ing] to live a good life," with 44% of these declaring that they were conscious of the spiritual struggle "almost all the time." On this score, many admitted that the going is tough; a majority thought that it is harder to love one's neighbor now than it was in the time of Christ ("Today it's every man for himself...
...readers of your worthy magazine. As one who can boast of reading each copy from kiver to kiver, I think I am in a position to question your idea of TiME-readers as you portrayed 'em. "To begin, I couldn't afford a subscription to TIME. Liv ing on an income which has shrunk to infinitesimal value since this inflation hit the dollar (Mr. B is an ex-Ma rine Gunnery Sergeant on retirement pay), we have all we can do to exist - let alone spend money for magazines. But we have some friends who know how much...
...ing ... but there is not even an attempt to pretend that the President is directing affairs, is making the decisions, is forming or conducting policy...
This month, for the first time, Paris' famed ballet company-the great grandmother of them all-hitched up its tutus and crossed the Atlantic to give the U.S. a chance to see what all the ga-ga-ing was about...