Word: acquaintance
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...main intention is to make people aware of the dangers that exist should a fire break out and acquaint them with the possibilities for escape," Marshall R. Pihl '55, senior tutor of Quincy House, said yesterday...
...Ernest Boyer, U.S. Commissioner of Education, admitted that he had been faking it: he actually pretended to understand memos. The confession was prompted by logorrhea in his own department: "This office's activities during the year were primarily continuing their primary functions of education of the people to acquaint them of their needs, problems and alternate problem solutions, in order that they can make wise decisions in planning and implementing a total program that will best meet the needs of the people, now and in the future." Declares Boyer, "In a million years you would never say that...
...program, which is co-sponsored by the House Committee on Congressional Relations, will "acquaint new members of the U.S. House of Representatives with analysis of the major public policy issues facing the Congress, and an explanation of how the legislative processes work in dealing with them," Jonathan Moore, director of the Institute, said Wednesday...
Robin Avery '80, a member of the committee, said yesterday, "We hope to acquaint students of the college with Radcliffe tradition through personal contact with those who shaped...
...endangering peace by engineering a "turnabout" in U.S.-Soviet relations and for meddling in Soviet internal affairs by his human rights campaign. At his midweek Washington press conference, Carter had vowed to continue speaking out in support of individual Soviet dissidents and to do "the best we can to acquaint the world with the hazards and consequences of increasing involvement of the Soviets and Cubans in Africa...