Word: basic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Taking a Hint. Most of the 62 Christian Democrats who went to Bonn's Palais Schaumburg that cold and rainy morning expected a routine session with the Chancellor. Clutching a copy of the federal republic's Basic Law, Adenauer lectured, instead, for 45 minutes on the legal and moral position of the presidential office. Some of the politicians got Adenauer's hint and asked the Chancellor directly...
...Income taxes will be reduced for the first time since 1955. For Britons, among the world's most heavily taxed people, the rate goes down from a basic...
...Basic English translation: phony, † Corny...
...love with the Countess, plead their special skills ("The poetic spirit is the mirror of the world!" sings the Poet; "The sounds of nature sing at the cradle of the arts!" replies the Musician). The Director scorns both their arts: "Production is the solution . . . Eloquent gestures, lifelike expressions-basic principle...
...case, the editorial raises for consideration several more basic questions which have been concerning our committee. The decision to withdraw financial support from lacrosse was a product of much deliberation by the Administration and the HAA; it can be taken both as an indication of the need for economy, and of the Administration's reluctant willingness to take drastic steps in the area. In fact, the growing feeling in the Ivy group that athletics must be re-evaluated has led the Student Council committee to concern itself at length with the basic assumptions, aims and purposes of athletics: intercollegiate, intramurals...