Word: attending
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Setting off to attend the new Foreign Ministers Conference in Paris (see INTERNATIONAL), Secretary of State Dean Acheson made it clear that he, too, was indifferent to offers of paper agreement, but was willing to listen attentively if the Russians offered a genuine settlement. Said Acheson: "We shall neglect no opportunity for increasing the area of solution and tranquility in the world. At the same time, we shall not barter away successes achieved for the sake of promises which might again prove to be illusory, as they too often have in the past...
...days later the student council voted, 15 to 8, "that student council call upon all students, regardless of political leanings, to attend a rally--if necessary absenting themselves from classes...
Every member of the Student Council has a dual job to perform. First, he must attend the Council's weekly meetings where the group discusses various policy matters and makes recommendations to the Administration. Second, he must assume, alone or with another Council member, the leadership of one of the Council's working committees. Although the first function is important, it is the second which forms the backbone of the Council's activities...
Damned Embarrassing. Last week the Captain found out just how grateful his students were. They had come by the scores from all over California to attend a dinner to mark his retirement from teaching. The Captain was quick to make it clear that he wasn't saying goodbye for good: he hoped still to go on living...
Extenuation. In San Diego, Lloyd Sampsel sent a notarized statement to the Bureau of Internal Revenue promising to attend to his tax forms as soon as possible and explaining why he was late in filing: he was in jail for murder...