Word: bring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Most Sympathetic." The President was in a hurry to bring himself up to date. In his week of hard work, he talked with three dozen official visitors, held a Cabinet meeting, discussed legislation for the new Congress with five Senators, touched on subjects that ranged from Europe's progress to plans for repairing the White House (he wanted no "Hollywood touches," no deviation from its original design inside...
...Raymond Harrison, a Negro ex-G.L, learned of the lifting of California's ban on mixed marriage. He wrote to Germany, asked his wartime sweetheart,Ilse Maier, to bring their 2½-year-old daughter to San Francisco and marry...
...mist of insubstantial words. Through it one could hear the faint humming sound of platitudes being rubbed together, of logs being rolled, of whitewash being slapped across naked raw spots of international dispute. "Her interpretation of the dance is certainly interesting. Now if we could find a way to bring it down to the level of popular understanding . . ." Or: "It might be beneficial for us to initiate plans for a study with a view to promoting more understanding . . ." Scarcely a speech failed to make a bow to UNESCO's objectives, "human rights and fundamental freedoms . . without distinction of race...
...delegation was doing what it could to bring UNESCO down to dry earth by backing practical Minister Torres Bodet's election, and by insisting that each division of the organization provide competent working plans for every project for which funds are required. But there was another hurdle in the path that could not be surmounted by hardheaded business methods alone. That was the tendency of UNESCO delegates to avert their eyes from the very issues that needed to be faced most squarely...
Sarah Lawrence, to bring one more girl's school into this, has announced an interesting scheme for raising its overall fees. Only two-thirds of the students will have to pay the higher fees, which will cover not only the college's increased expenses, but will increase the scholarship fund for the other one-third...