Word: basic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Byrnes stuck to the terms of the Truman-Attlee-King statement on atomic energy (TIME, Nov. 26). Following its terms closely, the Foreign Ministers proposed an atomic energy commission under the UNO Security Council, to make suggestions in four stages: 1) free exchange of basic scientific information; 2) controls to see that atomic energy is used only for peaceful purposes; 3) elimination of atomic and other mass-destruction weapons; 4) effective international inspection of atomic activities. Each stage must be successfully completed before the next is undertaken...
...major speech since the war's end, laid down his program for the peace. Of all the world's leaders, Pius was certainly one of those who had thought long, hard and deep about the underlying requisites of peace. The result was not sensational, but it was basic. It would be preached to the world's 331,000,000 Catholics in many tongues. It could not be ignored, even in the Kremlin...
...second part . . .," according to the subcommittee report, "will emphasize international relationships rather than regional interests. Building upon a basic program in international affairs, it will offer a small group of men who aim at a career in the foreign field additional work designed to suit individual needs, backgrounds, and interests. Such work will frequently include regional training in the second year of a 'normal' two-year program...
...There is also an untested 849-word Basic Chinese, developed recently by Professor Chao Yuan Ren of China's Academia Sinica...
...radioactive, heavy element (atomic number 90, atomic weight 232.12) that disintegrates into lower-weight elements and eventually becomes lead. Of the three standard radioactive progressions - uranium-radium, actinium and thorium-those of uranium and thorium are the most alike. According to the Smyth report, thorium was considered as a basic source of atomic power, but uranium was chosen instead...