Word: attained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Self-Conviction. In Versailles, France, Red Cross Worker Maryvonne Daniel. 50, married for 27 years, complained to her husband that "other girls are freer than I am; they are widows or divorcees," was sentenced to eight years in jail for trying to attain widowhood by starting a fire while husband Joseph was asleep...
...mathematics and the study of history, among others, certainly fall into this category, but other considerations were necessary to finally determine the choice of these two disciplines. One such consideration was the fact that the Institution, in the field of mathematics and in specialized areas of historical studies, could attain a certain preeminence with a relatively small staff...
...Niarchos overnight into the front ranks of 20th century collectors was his purchase for more than $2,500,000 of 58 paintings and one Degas sculpture from the Edward G. Robinsons' collection last spring (the Knoedler show will include 40 of the Robinson paintings). But Niarchos did not attain his standing as a collector solely on the strength of the Hollywood actor's selections. He made his first modest purchase when he picked up Winslow Homer's A Voice from the Cliffs (which now hangs in his Manhattan penthouse office) and a Renoir landscape at a Parke...
...itself up almost overnight by its bootstraps. Only too often, Communism is not to him the brave new world that the Western Utopians saw in the '30s, but a practical expedient by means of which a poor nation can ruthlessly mobilize its manpower and resources so as to attain economic strength, military power and, consequently, the esteem of the world...
...understandable considering that their college is basically a boarding house for girls who attend Harvard. In the present situation, Radcliffe is trying to give the girls the benefits of joining Harvard groups while making an awkward attempt to raise Radcliffe's prestige. This is a noble ideal, but to attain it the 'Cliffe Administration is making inane demands of the Harvard groups involved...