Word: conduction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...romanced a while after Oxford, then went to the continent, probably at the request of his father who disapproved of a young lady whom Philip found fascinating. Shortly, however, young Philip returned to marry the girl and his father died soon thereafter. Philip somewhat redeemed himself by his later conduct as a champion of progressive agriculture. Philip, of course, was the first man to use a McCormick reaper...
...cathedral audience was tense with expectation when the aging (74) composer himself appeared, looking something like an animated Gothic gargoyle. He conducted with clenched fists and wooden fury ("He loves to conduct," whispered one listener, "but he can't") while flashbulbs stabbed the darkness and lit up the cathedral's golden treasures...
...Eden government, standing pat, was in the position of having to justify its conduct to many of its own countrymen. Out on Cyprus, with E.O.K.A.'s amnesty offer withdrawn, bombs and guns went off all over. Terrorists attacked two police stations near Nicosia. A limpet mine, presumably placed by an E.O.K.A. frogman, holed the bottom of a small vessel anchored at the very spot where French and British supply ships were scheduled to unload later in the week...
Foreign Policy. Both support self-determination for all peoples, freedom for Communist satellites, U.S. aid for underdeveloped countries, a strong United Nations, an unequivocal ban on U.N. membership for Red China, regional mutual security pacts such as NATO and SEATO, the Good Neighbor policy, bipartisan conduct of foreign affairs, a release of U.S. prisoners in China, and reciprocal trade hedged by selective but vaguely defined protective tariffs. At issue: in the explosive Middle East, the Democrats advocate sale of "defensive weapons" to Israel; the Republicans pledge themselves to "support the independence of Israel against armed aggression...
...Expelled. Last week, aware that the university depends heavily on American good will and contributions, President Asato complied with Diffenderfer's demand, wrote him that the university "apologizes to the American people here and wherever they may be for the conduct of our students." Then he expelled six student leaders (including the president and vice president of the student body). Some of the expelled students were actually pro-American, said President Asato, "but they failed in their responsibilities to keep other students in line." Asato shrewdly acted while students were on vacation, to spare the U.S. another round...