Word: vigilantism
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Mao's army has the immediate advantage of numbers. In the year since the conquest of China, Mao has built up his forces steadily. They are 2,500,000 strong, divided into four huge field armies. Their rigidly enforced discipline is the marvel of China. They are intensively trained...
For the U.S. it was a grueling period of vigilant waiting, determined preparation. The armed services announced that they would need at least 3,000,000 men by next June, which meant calling up another 1,200,000 within the next nine months. Director of Selective Service Lewis Hershey urged...
Such front-page ear-boxings have earned the determinedly vigilant Journal the title of Milwaukee's "conscience" or "Dutch Uncle." Though meant as praise, such phrases only serve to rile up the Journal's boss, Harry J. Grant, choleric, determinedly vigilant chairman of the Journal's board...
¶Hollywood's vigilant COMPO (Council of Motion Picture Organizations) got out a booklet quoting some 56 sociologists and psychiatrists to the effect that movies are not really responsible for juvenile delinquency. Sample dubious boost for the industry, from University of Illinois President George Stoddard: "There is little evidence...
Foreign Minister Ana Pauker still runs the show (with the vigilant help of the Russian embassy), still enjoys the Kremlin's confidence, despite rumors to the contrary. The Rumanian army has been thoroughly purged. The Russians have three, possibly four, divisions in Rumania. If they wanted to take the...