Word: possessiveness
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...printed, Pre-Condition No. 9 read: ". . . It is necessary for the party [to enlist] the best elements of the progressive fighters, who possess enough devotion to be the real representatives of the reactionary proletariat." Next day the paper apologized for "an unforgivable error in our typesetting department [which] confused the sense. [It] should of course have read: 'the revolutionary proletariat.' The editorial collective will take the necessary measures...
...great danger, Ross found, was that almost three-quarters of the people questioned "do not feel that their individual lives are very important in the larger scheme of things . . . Few share deeply in the life of a group dedicated, and actively devoted, to the highest goals of mankind." Few possess a group purpose "such as the disciples had, or the members of a Communist cell possess...
...German problem . . . is the vital factor . . . The Russians are building a German Communist army . . . To date the Western allies have not permitted the Germans in their areas to possess more than police forces . . . Perhaps before long a military federation including the United States, Britain and Western Europe will be set up . . . In such an international army, possibly the Germans of the allied occupation areas could safely be permitted to have substantial units...
...months, in two years perhaps, Soviet Russia will possess all the sinews of war which will allow her-if we continue to do nothing-to carry through the various strategic actions in Europe which will allow her to face the final conflict with the American continent...
...planning of trade has to take into account factors which are liable to continuous fluctuations: the relationship between supply & demand, the needs of the consumer, local peculiarities and climatic conditions. I should say that a man who is planning trade must-in order to assess these factors accurately-possess a creative instinct, a kind of commercial intuition...