Word: apt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such an attitude, the first response of many Americans was apt to be apoplectic. But the summary objection to getting tougher with Nasser is that it only builds him up. So long as his position in Egypt and his influence on the Arab world depend on his keeping international and interracial conflict inflamed, Western badgering and blustering is apt only to enhance the fanatic image of Nasser as champion of the Arab masses...
...balance of trade hit an astonishing $495 million in Brazil's favor, "mostly due to exceptional coffee sales and to the government's firm policy of defending the market against pressures apt to cause a fall in prices abroad...
...life of his pet. Nevertheless, the moviemakers have seen to it that the picture comes to a bloody climax in one of the most thrillingly realistic bullfights -starring the famous Mexican matador, Fermin Rivera-ever seen in a commercial film. It's great stuff for the youngsters, but apt to be rough on people of more tender years...
...publicly supported college, fear of offending the sensibilities of the local community is apt to lessen student freedom of expression more than at a private institution. Legislative control of funds and tax exemptions exert considerable silent pressure on the complete exercise of academic freedom. At Brooklyn College, a New York City-supported school, this issue has blown up into a public controversy over alleged censorship of the campus literary magazine, Landscapes...
...kind tried in the last 50 years, the Atlas has taken Orton, his research assistant. Stanley Ellis, and six field workers through 200 different villages to question local citizens and record their speech. Their subjects are usually oldtimers who still speak their ancient dialects, and they are also apt to be men because the women tend to regard the dialects as strictly non-U. Each farmer might be asked as many as 1,267 questions, but the questions must be carefully worded. Should a researcher ask, "Where do you keep your cow?", the farmer might reply with the modern cowshed...