Word: ardente
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although he anticipates no change for Lamont at present, McNiff would like to see a circulating record collection for the library. (He is an ardent fan of musicals). As for possible college expansion, he notes that the library is now at a comfortable level. "Of course, there were 1,000 more students in the college when Lamont opened," he says, "and I suppose we could take care of more now. However," McNiff warns, "Lamont is used as much today as it was in 1949 when we had the greater number of students...
...with the Communists. As a man trained in Marxism, Mollet has no serious quarrel with many of their economic doctrines. He simply considers them "representatives of the Soviet Union." One of his favorite sayings is that the Communists "are not left but East." One of France's most ardent "Europeans" and a last-ditch supporter of EDC (he has never quite forgiven his new ally Mendès for letting EDC die), Mollet is also a dedicated friend of the Atlantic Alliance. "If there had been five U.S. soldiers in Europe in 1939, war would never have happened...
...word "scofflaw" was invented in 1924 after Delcevare King, an ardent prohibitionist of Quincy, Mass, offered a prize of $200 for the best word to apply to "the lawless drinker to stab awake his conscience." Submitted by both Henry Irving Shaw of Shawsheen Village, Mass, and Miss Kate L. Butler of Dorchester, Mass, "scofflaw" was adjudged the best of more than 25,000 entries...
...enough. "The rumors published this week are malicious fabrications," said Chiang Ching-kuo in a written statement that seemed to exclude any likelihood that the Peking Communists would or could deal with him. "Communists are liars and devils. You cannot talk with the devil. It is my ardent belief that to solve the Communist problem, the only way is to eliminate Communism...
...nipped plot was a forceful reminder that there are plenty of ardent Peronistas left in Argentina. Propaganda-wise, they pass around pro-Perón leaflets, spread rumors that the revolutionary government is about to fall, shout jingles in the streets: "Ladrón o no ladrón, queremos a Perón [Thief or not, we want Perón]!" Revolution-wise, they seem to limit themselves so far to sabotage, even in last week's plotting. Squads of Peronistas, called "Resistance Commandos," are blamed for several recent attempts to wreck trains and for a series...