Word: alignment
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...Align me, tune me, normalize...
Aware as it is of the issue and demand in civil rights, the Senate must in time feel compelled to align the nation's practices with its principle, and support the concept of equality under law. As William S. White notes, the Senate feels itself based upon a "moral-Constitutional authority" and duty, and ultimately, it would seem, this should prevail in the passage of civil rights legislation...
Within 48 hours after Jordan's election of an anti-West, pro-Nasser Parliament, Nasser's No. soldier, Major General Abdel Hakim Amer, flew into Jordan's capital city of Amman. He quickly negotiated a pact to align Jordan's army, alongside those of Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia, under Amer's command in case of war with Israel. The reaction of Israel was swift. Premier David Ben-Gurion proclaimed a partial mobilization of Israel's armed forces, as "a precautionary measure and to safeguard the security of Israel's borders and border...
...formal state banquet there were toasts in pomegranate juice, and Marshal Bulganin eagerly grasped the chance to align Russia behind Afghanistan in its quarrel with the West's good friend, Pakistan. He had already nosily sided with India against Pakistan's claims to Kashmir. Now he insisted that it was only just for some 6,000,000 Pathan tribesmen and their hill country in West Pakistan should be severed from Pakistan, turned into the state of Pakhtoonistan and joined with the Afghan state. Premier Daoud appeared delighted...
...Reiss looks forward to an official link with the University's Medical School. He sees no reason why the program's pre-med students cannot align their interests with those of the Medical School in some arrangement of practical preparation. He has started preliminary investigation and shortly expects to contact Medical School faculty members...