Word: assets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Asset. As a result of these and other troubles, Nehru's petulance and quick temper flared more and more frequently. He railed against the ingrained Indian habits of inefficiency, tardiness and cheerful anarchy. He stormed at the prevalence of holidays, cows and fraudulent holy men, yet did nothing about them. He pleaded with his colleagues in the governing Congress Party to abandon red tape, corruption and nepotism; they listened, and went back to their old ways...
Worriedly, Indians began asking themselves: After Nehru, who? It was and is the favorite New Delhi dinner topic. Food Minister S. K. Patil put the matter bluntly: "Nehru is the greatest asset we have because he is just like a banyan tree under whose shade millions take shelter." He added that Nehru is also a liability, "because in the shade of that banyan tree, biologically, nothing grows...
...best and generally fun, Fiorello! does have its weaknesses: a few flop songs and scenes, and a less lively second act. The show's chief liability is that bane of musicals, love, which-requited or unrequited-can seem banal. Even so, the show's chief asset. Director Abbott's testing everywhere for pace and pep, helps to shorten the doldrums. And for the evening as a whole, the reaction to the Abbott test is decidedly positive...
...group wanted the Stadium because it has the largest capacity of any local playing field, its parking facilities are relatively good, and the Harvard name would be an asset. The owners had built many of their plans around the Stadium and now must seek one of four alternative sites in the area...
Bryant Danner returns after a year's absence to assume forward duties. Gifted with extraordinary jumping ability, Danner should be a big asset in the rebounding department. For a man of 6 ft., 4 in., he moves very well, and he can score with the best. Danner is chiefly remembered for his 30-point outburst against Yale two seasons...