Word: centralize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Similarly, in Algeria, the general is the only force holding the rebellious French generals back from an active revolt against the central government. Unlike the career politicians, he commands the support of the military, and will hopefully heal the breaches between Paris and Algiers and Corsica. More important in the long run, his statements and those of his spokesmen have indicated that de Gaulle will attempt to work for a settlement in the long-standing Algerian war, rather than give in to right-wing demands for an even stronger military effort, as many have feared. Here, of course, he will...
Many More Voices. Before the reappraisal ended, more voices were sure to be heard. Nixon planned a confidential report to the President and a public one to the nation. Dr. Milton Eisenhower said he still planned to make his study tour of Central America, tentatively set for June 15. A Senate subcommittee would soon start taking a long look into Latin American relations...
What worries Galbraith is "the myth that production is the central problem of our lives." This concept of social efficiency, says Galbraith. originated in the days of Adam Smith in an era of scarcity. The classic economists have repeated it; the public has echoed them. Now it is obsolete: the present-day economy not only turns out all the goods needed but spends much of its energy whetting the consumers' appetites for things they do not need. The consequence of this lack of "social balance" is that production, largely in private hands, has far outdistanced services, which Galbraith seems...
...official rebuttal that changes in assessing board costs could only make food production more costly and less efficient. Yet this contention remains to be legitimized, since no alternative system has yet been tried, at least in the memory of current undergraduate gastronomists. Certainly recognition should be given to the Central Kitchen's need for some uniformity in board payments, but whether the existing method is the most efficient or most just is clearly open to question...
Yesterday, for the first time in many years, the Central Kitchen did not present its usual outlay of fish delicacies to tempt the palates of undergraduates. For the special coincidence of Memorial Day and Friday, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing granted a special dispensation allowing Roman Catholics to eat meat, a Central Kitchen official said...