Word: adoptness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tunisia, Secretary of State for Information Mohammed Masmoudi declared: "France's economic effort is modifying the face of Algeria. Looking at such changes, one cannot adopt a negative attitude." Most encouraging of all to French military men was dramatic new evidence of dissension within the rebel F.L.N. itself. Fortnight ago, after a pitched battle with other F.L.N. forces in Tunisia, 156 disaffected rebels led by Battalion Commander Ali Hambli fought their way out to Algeria, where they surrendered to the French army...
Although Senator Jenner felt the dangers of Federal encroachment in education to be so great that the original version of the bill passed by the Senate included an amendment excluding the State of Indiana (later struck out by the House) it would be patently silly for this University to adopt such an attitude. The administration of the funds is specifically left to each recipient institution and an amendment to alter this arrangement was defeated on the floor of Congress. It has, moreover, accepted money under National Defense contracts in the past. Acceptance now in no way compels acceptance...
Later, Board Member Szymczak insisted that he had been misunderstood, declared that he had simply meant to say that the Fed would adopt an even tougher policy except for unemployment. Summed up a Fed spokesman: "Unemployment is a distressing fact. But we feel that we have to develop a sound economy so that we won't fall into a slump again and have even more unemployment." By raising the lending rate to member banks, the Fed showed its confidence that the U.S. economic recovery is steadily picking up steam-and its fear that inflation is once more a major...
Macmillan said on arrival he was convinced there should be talks with the Soviets this summer. He urged the West to adopt a flexible position...
...situation at Princeton has changed in the past year--it has changed enough for people there to adopt an attitude of cautious optimism, but not enough for critics of the club system to believe that Bicker represents anything but an extremely undesirable system. For, while last February's fiasco may well have overemphasized certain aspects of the Bicker problem, the current superficial success cannot help obscuring the many remaining defects...