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Word: alterations (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hierarchy of the great masters, the greatest have a quality beyond the temporal, which Picasso lacks, and shock tactics are not a final way to alter human vision. The crux and center of Picasso's art is, in my view, hysteria, and in this he so echoes the prevailing evil of his age that he seems to be its prophet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Great Debate | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

Under these conditions, Russia was unlikely to accept. Nor was the gesture counted on to alter Russia's truculent hostility toward any and all U.S. atomic proposals. But to the world, the offer was a small, unmistakable earnest of U.S. willingness to share the atom's benefits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Modest Cheer | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

...closed-shop agreements that were the bone & sinew of the I.T.U. So the 95-year-old labor union would simply sign no more contracts. Its 1,001 locals would post unsigned "conditions of employment," and would work as long as the conditions prevailed. Any publisher who rashly tried to alter the conditions-or to hire non-union printers-would have a strike on his hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: What Comes Naturally | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

...Farrar says that since "the majority opinion of the IUS is far to the left of the usual American student" and "the European student is a much more active citizen and a more violent political figure" than his American counterpart, "it may seem advisable to ask the IUS to alter the clauses of its constitution covering withdrawal, which are now quite cumbersome, in case NSO found itself obliged to withdraw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Shelf | 8/28/1947 | See Source »

...shall uphold the ruling agreed upon by the Masters of the Houses which are using the Lowell dining hall this summer," Pechet said. "Rather than alter their decision that coats must be worn at all times, we shall concentrate on making the hall cooler by the installation of fans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unchanged and Wet, Lowell Retains Coats; Tutor Tries Out Fans | 7/8/1947 | See Source »

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