Word: adopts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under the sponsorship of the United Nations, representatives of 51 countries gathered in Geneva's ornate Palais des Nations to deal with a problem which presumably was settled in the 19th century. The idea was to adopt a new international convention against "slavery, the slave trade and institutions and practices similar to slavery," but this week as the conference drew to a close, it proved impossible for nations of the world to cooperate effectively to abolish the most primitive form of human bondage...
...neutral policy still possible for Egypt? "What's a neutral policy? Neutrality is a term to use only in war. We adopt an independent policy, a policy of active coexistence. One-third of our trade is with the Western bloc, one-third with the Eastern bloc, and one-third with the rest of the world. If our trade had all been with the West, we would be in a very critical position today. Thank God we had this policy." He lit another cigarette, fingered his Dunhill lighter nervously...
...field traditionally befogged by jargon and a monolithic solemnity, the Lancet's witty, lucid approach has long been a refreshing anomaly. "We shall exclude from our pages," said Founder Thomas Wakley, "the semibarbarous phraseology of the schools, and adopt as its substitute plain English diction...
...CONFESS-and I trust the Public Prosecutor will not take me to task-that [back in the '30s] political assassinations acted upon my excitable imagination to convince me that this was the positive action we had to adopt if we were to secure the future of our country. I considered the assassination of many individuals, having decided that they constituted the main obstacle between our country and its future; I began to look into their various crimes and to take it upon myself to judge ... I would weigh them, and pass the verdict...
Good Sense. Actually he had; Manjiro was convinced that Japan must open her doors and adopt Western civilization. He rose rapidly to a position where he could help push open the door-he became a teacher of navigation and English, designed whaling ships built on American lines, became the government's best authority on things American. His book, A Short Cut to English Conversation, became Japan's standard work on the subject. When missions were sent to Europe and to the U.S., Manjiro went along as interpreter and authority on the West. When he retired, he was financially...