Word: adopted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...author is usually the first person to adopt a realistic attitude toward theatre, and this is the reason that theatre groups run by writers tend to last longer than any other type of theatre organization." Among theatres formerly or presently run by writers, Johnston cited the Abbey Theatre, the Provincetown Play-house, and the Poets' Theatre here in Cambridge...
...childless couple, Charles E. Dameron and his wife Lona were delighted when in 1955 they were able to adopt an eight-month-old German orphan. Dori, a bright-eyed blonde, was duly examined by German authorities, found to be normal, was sent to live with the Damerons in their $19,000, three-bedroom home in suburban Silver Spring, Md. As Dori grew older, Dameron prepared her for a delightful surprise: she would soon, he told her one day, have a baby brother to play with...
...assembly and defeat constitutional reform, which will help him toward his eventual goal: the presidential office with all its powers intact. Hopefully for the Aramburu program, these voters have been drifting over to Frondizi in smaller numbers than he expected. On the other hand, if the halfhearted ex-Peronistas adopt the hard core's self-defeating plan to cast blank ballots, they may paradoxically help Aramburu by letting a pro-reform coalition get balance-of-power control of the assembly. In that event, the People's Radicals would probably lead the way in fierce haggling and vote-trading...
...countries of Eastern Europe. Specialists gave two explanations. The World Health Organization's Dr. Anthony M.M. Payne argued that the increase is apparent, not real, and the result of better diagnosis. Vaccinventor Jonas Salk offered the second explanation. "This is a disease of civilization." he said. "As countries adopt higher standards of public hygiene and sanitation, and infant mortality decreases, you get a greater number of children with no natural immunity against the disease." This probably explained recent polio flare-ups in parts of southern Europe and among upper-crust populations in South America. Soviet delegates reported that this...
...students spontaneously adopt American mannerisms: they dress in the casual Midwestern collegiate style, sip Cokes and malteds at a hangout called Uncle Sam's, annually elect a Miss A.U.B., a Miss Lebanon, and a May Queen. But beneath these superficial Americanisms, the fever of Arab nationalism seethes in every corner of the campus. "My friends," says one student, "are interested in two things: politics and sex, and sex comes in a poor second." Professors estimate that while only a handful (about 20) are Communists, at least 60% of the student body are violently pro-Nasser, and almost all support...