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Word: breach (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Justice." The declarations of both churches raised a fresh storm of Communist anger. In this tense atmosphere, the Evangelical Synod of all Germany-both West and East-held its annual meeting in the Eastern sector of Berlin. Many expected that the Synod would widen the breach between Christian church and Communist state. But Dibelius, after denouncing the "increasingly worsened" conditions, insisted that the church was not attacking any special group, but only "defending itself against anti-Christian assault." It was thus clear that Protestant leaders hoped to maintain their tenuous attitude of "a plague on both your houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Still Neutral | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

...Faculty's action against the "informer ously with a major breach in the nation's security in the Fuchs affair, should point up the inadequacy of the present standardized U.S. government method of checking up on loyalty. There are serious things wrong with a system that cannot catch the big men like Fuchs but instead impairs only the freedom of many little men whose lack of important scientific knowledge, as well as their limited access to vital information, may rule them out as effective threats to security...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Faculty Acts | 2/15/1950 | See Source »

...Baby Makes Three (Columbia) drives Robert Young and Barbara Hale to some witless and feverish activity over prospective parenthood. The opening shots, in which a pregnant bride faints at the altar, are something of a novelty. After that, the movie works furiously to overcome its initial breach of Hollywood convention. Some faint sparkle radiates from the racy photography, Robert Young's owl-like pantomime and Robert Hutton's cagey portrayal of a sissified rich boy. But the picture gets its most memorable effects from a series of stylish cocktail-hour gowns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Anything for Laughs | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

Wallach proposed last night that others take over his campaign. He said the University "could make an advantageous offer for the property ...; and a veteran in St. Benedict's Center could commerce an action on breach of the implied contract...

Author: By Brenton WELLING Jr., | Title: Wallach Drops Drive to Stop Fr. Feeney's G.I. Bill Funds | 1/13/1950 | See Source »

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