Word: acclaims
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Widely broadcasting its claims to successor-ship to "Social Justice," a new monthly paper which manifests all the undemocratic traits of Father Coughlin's banned paper has made its appearance. Already it is receiving acclaim and active support to an extent which indicates not individual but organized interest...
...poetry award that went to Frost was his fourth Pulitzer acclaim. He received an M.A. from Harvard in 1897 and is now a Fellow in American Civilization here. He is an associate member of Adams House who frequently reads some of his poems or leads discussions about poetry at House or College gatherings...
...opportunity to hear Harvard's president, who spoke on "Science and Society in the Post-War World." The speech, a repetition of one given earlier in New York, tended primarily for members of two scholastic honorary societies, but was open to the public. It had won national acclaim...
...their seats in the powerless Rigsdag lower house from 137 to 143. The Germans deliberately kept the German minority (Schleswig) party out of the campaign, and the Danish pro-Nazi elements lost three of eight seats. Instead of praise for Germany's benign treatment, Dr. Goebbels reaped humiliating acclaim for Denmark's adherence to the democratic ideal...
Chile greeted him at Santiago's Los Cerillos airport with the Chilean Air Force band, playing The Star-Spangled Banner. All parties, from Conservative to Communist, signed a joint manifesto urging popular acclaim for Wallace. The masses' answer: 25,000 Chileans cheered him in front of his residence in Santiago. Next day he addressed the Chilean Congress, warmly patted President Juan Antonio Ríos and Chile's Popular Front: ". . . Now the great masses [of Chile] advance toward a fuller liberty. Its people are on a revolutionary march to affirm this land as one of dignity...