Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...expression of considered views. It is perfectly possible, and in some institutions it is required, to present controversial questions in a neutral manner. However, the "on the one hand and on the other hand" approach seems to me to leave much to be desired when we come to as clear-cut a matter as probity in public life. The notion that every classroom should become a public forum is patently absurd. To the best of my knowledge, all persons enrolled in my course have done so voluntarily. That being the case, I am afraid they will have...
Council members in discussing the proposed survey with Heaman said that, although they fully respected him and his office, they thought that outside experts might introduce a fresh point of view with their suggestions, and would certainly clear the air of student objections, as expressed in the poll results...
Another point made by officers of the Youth for Democracy is that names of club executives should not go down in the permanent record. During the past few months, however, their position on this was hardly clear. They seemed perfectly willing, up until yesterday, to agree with the Student Council. The RAYD now feels that the Dean's Office may have executive lists, provided these lists are destroyed annually. This appears to be a reasonable suggestion; unfortunately the RAYD has made it a little too late...
...belongs to a radio network, a gilded Manhattan nightclub and the admiring U.S. public. But Gloria is not easy to manage. She is finally the victim of a shooting scrape that lands Maureen in the clink and then in a fadeout clinch with Douglas. It is never made entirely clear what all the shooting is about...
...learn is in the peculiar contemporary meanings of treason. Who is to be trusted, and why, and how far? It is appropriate that each of Miss Bowen's characters is engaged in secret work, for each is mysterious to the other. But before the end it is clear that each represents an important type of modern personality...