Word: closers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President? "I wrote a letter and I meant every word of it," replied Ike. It was another "No"-but every time he said it, more & more Democrats hopefully interpreted it as "Maybe." Said Florida's Senator Claude Pepper: "He may be pulling the door a little closer to him, but I didn't hear the lock click...
...foster closer relations with his parishioners, the Rev. Dr. Henry Darlington, rector of Manhattan's Protestant Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, instituted an after-service "coffee hour" for Sunday morning churchgoers...
...week long in Berlin the desultory brabbling between the Western Powers and the Russians flared, faded, flared again. The light generated there illuminated little save irreconcilable differences. But 350 miles to the west, in the heart of the industrial Ruhr, the flickerings revealed how much closer was a Western German state...
There is little value in speculation over the possible outcome of the election. Guesses run from 25 to 45 percent for the Communists, but most authorities now agree that it will be closer to the former figure. If his proves true, de Gasperi will not be forced to include the Communists in his government and risk another Czechoslovakia, and he will undoubtedly to able to prevent civil strife with American arms. If, on the other hand, the Democratic Front receives close to a majority of the votes, their exclusion from the new government would lead to civil war which...
...responsibility of the various departments is clear enough. The whole system of advising must be brought into line with the new flourishing General Education program. This means more carefully selected advisors, more frequent required conferences with advisees, together with a closer departmental check on the entire program. There can be no place for inefficiency. A Harvard education, dollars-and-conts wise, is more dearly bought today than every before. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences cannot afford to let a loosely-run advisory program cost the undergraduate a substantial share of his education as well...