Word: acted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Called on the U.S.S.R. to make good on its promise of "the reunification of Germany by free elections," agreed upon at the Geneva Conference in 1955. "I assure you that this act of simple justice and of good faith need not lead to any increased jeopardy of your nation...
...delegates brought alarming news. Some 10,000 people, demonstrating in the Liteiny Prospekt in support of the Constituent Assembly, had been dispersed by Red gunfire. Witnesses reported that dozens of bodies lay bloodily in the snow. We had hoped that two crack regiments, the Semyonov and the Preobrazhensky would act in defense of the Assembly. Now word came that they had decided to remain neutral; they would neither go into the streets against the demonstrators nor join with them. Like other regular army units, they believed that all that was at stake was a simple misunderstanding between the authority...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15--Secretary of Defense McElroy said today he is going to plan a reorganization of the Defense Department, with help from three top military men and a number of civilians. McElroy emphasized that his advisers won't constitute another study committee--that they will act as individual consultants and that he will make the decision on what steps to recommend to President Eisenhower...
...Student Council can also act as a coordinating body between the different clubs," Leland commented. Referring to its meetings with the Deans, Leland emphasized the ideal position of the Council to act as a coordinator...
There is more than one way to kill a cat. The grimalkin of racial prejudice may choke on warm milk as easily as succumb to a brickbat. Unfortunately the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination seems to believe it has, in the Fair Educational Practices Act, the only weapon which can banish the beast. In ordering Harvard to stop requesting photographs with freshman application forms, it serves the letter, but not the ultimate purpose, of the law it seeks to enforce...