Word: basic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pragmatists, who had had a vast influence over education in the U.S. for many decades, held to their basic proposition that men must study the facts at their command, test them in the light of science and their own experience and plan their conduct accordingly; it was up to each generation to decide for itself...
...coming of a steel mill is an event that all New England can look forward to eagerly. It may well be the end of the gradual slump which this area has felt since the textile shutdowns in 1921; possibly, New England can one day rival the midwest in basic industrial strength. As one commenter put it, "When New England gets a steel mill, it will begin a new era of leadership in American industry...
...there are some basic elements of the Yale attack that are pretty sure to show up this week. They Elis have made Jackson into a fine downfield receiver: he is very fast starting, he changes speeds deceptively, and he has a great pair of hands...
...basic regulation on which the disciplinary action depended was the parietal rule reading, "The mere presence of a student in a disturbance or unauthorized demonstration makes him liable to disciplinary action...
...controversy. The original drawing contains no picture of Lenin but merely an abstract picture of a leader of people. In the completed mural, this abstract face is clearly that of Lenin. Rockefeller's representatives said that this face made the mural unacceptable; Rivera said it was a basic part of the mural and was representative of its whole tone...