Word: acquaint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will not start his term until Jan. 17. But he has already set up an office in the Elysée Palace (although still living in his apartment on the Quai aux Fleurs), and each day sits himself at a desk to wade through a mountain of documents to acquaint himself with the job he will hold for seven years. But since outgoing President Vincent Auriol is still in office, Coty stays out of sight at all diplomatic ceremonies so no one will be confused by double-headed protocol. Last week France's Presidents, old and new, worked together...
...presidential participation in local elections: If he had to acquaint himself with the local conditions, he would think there would be a suspicion arising that he is not paying much attention to his main job. which is trying to be President for 160 million people. Of course he is interested in the Republican organization, and seeing Republican majorities come back. What he does hope to do is to produce a record that can stand on itself...
...market, it enabled Westinghouse to grab bigger sales. In Columbus, Ohio, Westinghouse will shortly open a new refrigerator plant bigger than its huge appliance center at Mansfield, Ohio. Just to get the dealers ready for the 1953 line, Price spent $1,500,000 for a musical to acquaint dealers in 38 cities with "The Greatest Appliance Show on Earth...
Freshman Registers are like 25-year-old debutantes: by the time they finally come out, their faces are already familiar. Because the chief purpose of the Register is to acquaint members of a large class, it should extend its introductions early in the term. At many colleges, registers are printed during the summer, greeting incoming freshmen in September. Since Harvard Year-book Publications distributes the Registers in December, however, the red books lose most of their value...
...Korea is neither Truman's war nor Stalin's war; it is another battle in the continuing struggle for the survival of Christian civilization, like Tours, Lepanto, Guadalcanal, and some lesser engagements like the one at the Little Big Horn. Brass-rail strategists would do well to acquaint themselves with the facts and lessons of history. Imperial Rome withered and decayed and was sacked by her mercenaries...