Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...like thousands of my countrymen, about to leave "this demiparadise" for Canada, but I feel this would not be necessary if England would climb down from its already tottering pedestal and accept a little more of the good old American "know-how." May I now speak on behalf of many Britons when I say "Thank God for America...
Nasser last week promised a group of student visitors from Gaza "to win back all Palestine." Diplomats in Cairo believe that Nasser may accept indefinite stationing of U.N. Emergency Force troops to keep peace along the border, but will insist on control over Gaza and the Gulf of Aqaba. Last week John Foster Dulles made plain that the U.S. will not be disposed to release the $50 million in blocked Egyptian funds so long as Nasser shows himself intractable...
...relief) more than made up for it. In Rafah crowds danced all day, shouting "Good Hammarskjold, good Abdel Nasser." After U.N.forces freed 120 political prisoners from Gaza's jail, thousands of Arabs paraded carrying such slogans as: "Welcome as guests but not rulers," and "We do not accept any rule except Egypt's." But the UNEF's taciturn commander, Canada's Major General E.L.M. Burns, ordered his headquarters moved forward from Suez to Gaza and proclaimed: "Until further arrangements are made, the UNEF has assumed responsibility for civil affairs in the Gaza Strip...
...they affect the odds. For heart research alone, the Pru has a file of 25,000 electrocardiograms, one of the biggest in the world, which it uses to study the effects of the various heartbeat patterns (P, Q, R, S and T-Waves). Years ago the Pru refused to accept applicants whose cardiograms showed deep Q3-waves. Now it knows that deep Q3-waves are often meaningless, accepts most applicants. The Pru never says that any one individual will die sooner than another. What it does say is that, actuarily, in any given group of 1,000 people with...
...sure that you understand we are not turning out young economists or businessmen. Only about one-third of 1 per cent of those in Economics 1 are going to be economists and only about 2-3 per cent of our concentrators. Many of our graduates go into business or accept business posts. But our major contribution is to liberal education. Our curriculum takes these facts into account. Seymour E. Harris, Chairman Department of Economics...