Word: basic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...would have done no better had they been first-rate. U.N. could not stand above the nations because it was created by nations who wished nothing to stand above their sovereignty. And why was that? Because these nations did not recognize, as individuals within a nation did, the same basic laws; they were not parts of the same society. The Communist leaders had known this for 40 years; the 1947 U.N. Assembly session learned it, somewhat reluctantly...
Harry A. Mondelsohn '48, HYD president, termed the regulation "a violation of basic student rights," claiming that he "had no idea" that such a rule was in effect. "It's not in the printed regulations," he said...
...Geneva conference did more than just slash tariffs. It chopped hard at the hedgerows of other national restrictions which impede trade. One basic principle adopted by the conferees was the provision that all the negotiators would benefit from, any tariff cuts granted. They also put a ceiling on such restrictive regional agreements as the British system of lower rates within the Empire...
Letterman went on to develop the system of division field hospitals (and hospitals at railheads and embarkation points) which remained the basic structure of military medical care through World War II. But he died in comparative obscurity, seven years after the Civil War's end. "Compared with what Letterman did for the wounded soldier," says Hawley, "the contributions of Florence Nightingale seem small...
...caught the U.S. short of antifreeze. In many cities, under-the-counter caches (at over listed price) were the only source of supply. One reason for the shortage: production remained the same, while the number of cars increased. Another reason: chemical manufacturers are using more methanol and glycols, two basic ingredients of antifreeze, for plastics...