Word: benefited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...They had been willing to help Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser with arms in order to create mischief, but pulled back when it seemed that the mischief might turn to war-a war that could get out of hand. The Russians also undoubtedly hoped to reap an immediate benefit. What better-or more inexpensive-present could Khrushchev and Bulganin take to their hard-pressed host, Anthony Eden, than a Russian promise to work for Middle East peace...
...Tart-tongued Lady Astor took one look at her old friend's idea and pronounced it ridiculous. The British Museum, one of Shaw's three institutional heirs, now wants the court to quash Shaw's bizarre bequest on the ground that a newfangled alphabet would not benefit the community. If the court concurs, the Museum, along with Ireland's National Gallery and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, will start collecting royalties now pouring into Shaw's estate, plus all that is left...
...call them "Butch" or "Babe" or "Toots," thousands have gone to him for advice. "A university," says he, "is not created by textbooks but by atmosphere-the consecrated service to students by teachers. I try to impress on the students that we are just trustees of knowledge for the benefit of others. That those with learning must be generous. Learning for the sake of learning may be the ideal of some, but not here. We want learning for the sake of diffusion...
This novel is the work of a high-spirited Hussar officer of 23, caught temporarily between campaigns. It would not be uncharitable to say that its author should adopt some other line of work. This, to the great benefit of history and humanity, is what the author...
...thesis, however, is not totally irrelevant to the American scene. By stimulating the mastery of a specific problem, with exact, creative thinking, the thesis can act as a great developer of character. In this way, it can benefit not only the incipient scholar, but the future businessman, who can look back on the one great creation of his college days while riding "on a shoe-shine and a smile...