Word: bring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bored with the long-entrenched reformers; some complained that Cookingham himself wielded too much power, grumbled about new taxes following the annexation of outlying communities. Threats of new taxes simmered. So did resentment against the powerful Kansas City Star, whose editorials carried dramatic warnings that a coalition victory would bring back the gaudy old days of wholesale corruption...
...open to the West. For even if Washington and London trusted Nasser enough to back him in his fight against Kassem, Western support would only further discredit Nasser in Iraqi eyes-and in the eyes of the whole Arab world. And any attempt that the West might make to bring direct pressure to bear on Kassem could only serve to drive him finally and utterly into the arms of the Communists...
Keppel specifically requested an extended appropriation because of the difficulty of carrying out experiments in education which have backing for only one year. He also pointed out, however, that when new funds have to be solicited each year, educators are tempted to favor experiments which bring fast results and will encourage immediate support rather than slower ones which might be more profitable in the long...
...explain the girls' complaints that boys' interest are "profane"; boys tend to go into fields like math, chemistry, or psychology instead of more culturally oriented subjects like Fine Arts or Literature. "In the long run, however, this all works out for the best," Pettigrew concluded. "The girls can bring their more exotic interests into their Westport home, and supply their money-earning husbands with a cultural basis they might otherwise lack...
Things of the body have always been slightly suspect in the Yard. At one time it was cleanliness that the University didn't cater to--Santayana was obliged to bring a bathtub with him to Stoughton. But for many years now Buildings and Grounds has enabled freshmen to cultivate the second most important virtue...