Word: according
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Second Law of Thermodynamics, generally credited to German Physicist Rudolf Julius Emmanuel Clausius (1822-88), teaches in its simplest form that heat of its own accord will always flow from higher to lower temperature...
...holder of the Purple Heart? Some of the witnesses thought Gallagher believed in the Communist doctrines; others thought that Gallagher was one who enjoyed lording it over his fellows, seeming important and influential, and that he was soft and pliable, receptive to the meager comforts the Communists could accord him. "I know I'm a sorry son of a bitch," Gallagher told one of the reactionaries one day, "but after all, I know I can't quit ..." The reactionaries were not sympathetic: "I told him if I lived and he lived," said Sergeant Pate, "I would personally...
Modest Proposal. But Eden, though he praised Eisenhower's "eloquent" proposal, and was "deeply moved by the sincerity and warm feeling for peace," was a little miffed. Such sweeping proposals do not accord with the traditional British diplomatic search for limited objectives. Eden submitted his own "more modest" proposal-a "simple" system for joint inspection of Communist and Western forces now confronting each other in Europe. Once more, while the news of the Eisenhower plan flashed around the world, the conference returned to its pre-ordained ways. Eden's modest proposal was for a "practical experiment" in "operative...
...Tennessean went a memo last week: "The constructive, liberal policies which have characterized the Nashville Tennessean under the direction of my father will be continued ..." The statement, signed with a bold signature startlingly like that of the late publisher. Silliman Evans, was the work of Silliman Evans Jr. In accord with the "earnest desire" expressed by his father, brisk, self-assured Silliman Evans Jr., 30, will be come the new publisher of one of the South's liveliest and most powerful papers. His brother, Tennessean Reporter (and vice president) Amon Carter Evans. 21, named for the late publisher...
Citation: "Truly a living legend in the athletic world and a towering, unshakable symbol of honesty and integrity in collegiate sports, but more than these, one to whom a grateful country will forever accord the timeless tribute: 'Maker...