Word: alterable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Student Council began consideration last night of a measure which would drastically alter the present structure of the Council. Discussion last night centered on the problem of representation; the group was unable to reach a definite conclusion...
...reminds me of the Oswald Mosley meetings before the war." "Terrific!" roared John Osborne. "A row like this is just what I've been looking for." Explained Logue later: "I objected to the philosophical statement, implied in every line, that we must suffer, that attempts to check, alter, reform, change our sufferings are impudence...
Boldly, Adnan Menderes set out to alter all this-at first by his announced program of relying on free enterprise. He rewrote Turkey's laws to encourage foreign investment by such means as easy profit transfers and the promise of generous exploitation terms to anyone who found oil. He encouraged private investment in textile production and light industry. Among his first acts was abolition of the rigid import controls that the Republicans had established at the beginning of World War II. The consequence was that the Turks, starved for almost a decade for the products of Western industry, began...
...station will operate on the unannounced new frequency by late March or early April. After a compulsory 30-day waiting period, the decision will be approved by the FCC and, after a second 30-day waiting period, the station will be able to alter its facilities. The change-over will take only a short period, and possibly could be completed while the station was normally...
Time and circumstances alter, but true moral principles endure eternally. The present generation has forgotten that what is old, is, indeed, good and true...