Word: acquiree
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
During the Stalin period, most Russians managed to acquire an official self that they presented to all but their closest friends: they were Bolshevized into becoming suspicious, stilted and somber in their dealings with others. Today's less cruel but still existing repression, says Princeton Historian James Billington, "breeds...
15. Especially, do you promise not to leak state secrets or other information that you acquire as a result of your work, nor to counteract in any way the work of the State?
Apart from the Norfolk & Western, however, last week's special court ruling did at least clear away some legal complications surrounding the link of the Pennsy and Central into the nation's biggest rail system. The court overruled protests by the city of Scranton, Pa., and unsuccessful Pennsylvania...
This new group, caled the Mark 11 new towns, must overcome two main problems. According to the New Towns Act, the Ministry can establish public corporations "to acquire, hold, manage, and dispose of land and other property, to carry out any business or undertaking in or for the purpose of...
Even in a town's later stages, the corporation is often unresponsive to the population's needs. The bulk of corporation employees are middle-class, while most town residents are working-class. This social gap, highlighted by corporation executives' reluctance to live in the new town, may lead to a...