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Word: adoptness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tragedies occur in Pakistan ... we cannot remain indifferent to them . . . Peace and good will are not going to come by superficial arrangement when these deepseated causes of trouble and conflict continue ... If the methods we have suggested are not agreed to, it may be that we shall have to adopt other methods. I am deeply troubled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA & PAKISTAN: Let It Be War . . ' | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

Annex freshmen will adopt a European foster child with the proceeds from their spring weekend, the class decided in a meeting at Cabot Hall yesterday. Funds will be sent abroad, rather than transporting the D.P. to this country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe '53 Adopts European Youth | 3/1/1950 | See Source »

...Council should adopt new election procedure, based on the Paul Report, which would be binding on succeeding councils...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Probe Clears Council Of Dishonesty Charge | 2/16/1950 | See Source »

This week, Nehru gave his hat another workout. He announced that India will adopt a "wait and see" attitude toward Communist designs on Indo-China and Tibet. Neither Indo-Chinese regime-that of Communist Ho Chi Minh or French-backed Bao Dai-would be recognized by New Delhi. Then the Prime Minister turned to President Truman's decision to make the hydrogen bomb. "If you have come to the conclusion that the world is a pretty bad show," he said, "then let the hydrogen bomb put an end to it. If you want to carry on the world with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Nowhere | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...Because the church arrived late in the U.S., he says, the big problem for the immigrating Catholic was to get himself accepted. For this reason he has had to show, "and prove by his whole behavior, that. . . he is devoted to 'The American Way,' that he has adopted it, and will, in turn, get others to adopt it." He has had no easy time of it, either. The Protestants were suspicious, and "took up ... the facile theme that it is impossible to be a faithful Catholic and a good and loyal American at the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Trouble with U.S. Catholics | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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