Word: reforms
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Said he: "The idea of some people who think it possible to bring about an early elimination of capitalism ... is wrong and unsuitable to the conditions of our country." Land reform, too, must be carried out more gently. It was wrong, said Mao-echoing some of the fine promises made by Communist rulers to the Poles, Czechs and Hungarians-simply to requisition the land of the rich peasants; it was more important to restore agricultural production, try to end famine...
...politically appointed Subversive Activities Control Board, would require the registration of all organizations vaguely characterized as "Communist-front," and would impose criminal penalties for violations of the various provisions. Taken together, all these provisions may well lead to the suppression of minority views which look to reform rather than revolution. For the bill sets forth no standards by which the prosecuting officials and the courts could fairly determine who among our people are guilty of criminal violations. We may wonder whether the standards of disloyalty in 1960 would differ substantially from those in 1950. We should ask whether individuals...
...Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, which abolished tipping in dining cars several years ago as "an imposition on the customer and a practice unworthy of American labor," gave up trying to reform its patrons and help. Waiters, though they got a raise, had proved incapable of purging their features of all hope. And most customers had been plain miserable -uncomfortable if they slipped a clandestine coin under a saucer, more uncomfortable if they didn't. Said the C. & O. sternly: "Too many persons lack the courage to participate in an experiment that breaks with custom...
...office of Blanton's Appeal is sandwiched between the movie theater and the combination city hall and volunteer fire station. When Jack moved into the editor's chair at 21, succeeding his father (who founded the paper), he was aiming high: "Well, sir, I started out to reform the world." In practice, explains Blanton, this meant getting the Democrats back into power in Washington, D.C. Jack was more successful at covering the news of farm, livestock and plain people in Monroe County...
...give her a home. The girl (Jean Simmons) is an ungainly waif who takes Granger for her father. He finally sets her straight and packs her off to a Swiss finishing school, which returns her to him as a glamorous dish. She consents to marry, and he to reform. Actress Simmons, who freshens up the old ugly-duckling routine with her considerable charm and good looks, also transforms the picture into something relatively painless...