Word: precept
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...people, failing to find a difference between a democratic and a totalitarian army, give up the puzzle altogether. Quoting Grace again, "The most effective method of establishing a society based on the democratic ideal is to abandon the use of the term as such, and, by practice and precept, lead the German people to accept this ideal...
...bargaining voice: the President believed that the U.S. could wean the Soviet Union "away from dictatorship and tyranny in the direction of a free, tolerant, and peaceful society." At best it was a naive hope for a man come to trade with a proved champion of Lenin's precept: "Use any ruse, cunning, unlawful method, evasion, concealment of truth...
...faculty leader of a "precept" meeting never quizzes, never lectures, and never takes attendance. His role is simply to ask leading questions and keep the discussion on the line, for preceptorial aims, "to clear up lectures and help students form their own opinions by informal discussion...
Three years ago the Philippines formally received their independence from the U.S. By precept and practical help, the U.S. gave the new nation a great chance to build a working democracy in a chaotic Asia threatened by Communism. From Manila last week, TIME Correspondent Sam Welles cabled the following report on how the Philippines were doing...
...summed up his position with a familiar Moscow precept, dressed in a Chinese figure of speech: "You have to choose between the alternatives of killing the tiger or being eaten...