Word: conflict
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...endowment will be used for work "in the field of conflict of laws, giving preference to problems involving United States participation in international endeavors toward progressive unification of the rules of private international law," according to the will...
According to Story Professor of the Law School Arthur Von Mehrew, who is executor of Nadelmann's will, the endowment will probably be used to fund visiting scholars, conferences, publications, travel, and general research in the area of conflict of laws. He added, however, "There hasn't really been any thinking about that...
Vorenberg, in acknowledging the bequest, said that "the Law School will now be in a much stronger position in pursuing scholarship in this incredibly important field." The school previously had no funds specifically for the study of conflict of laws...
...when Svetlana arrived in the U.S. following her defection during a visit to India, little of her inner conflict was visible. The face she turned on a mesmerized U.S. public was alight with happiness. A handsome, vibrant woman of 41, with crisp, coppery curls, ruddy cheeks, shy blue eyes and a winning smile, she exuded sweetness and candor. She seemed pleased by her celebrity--and by the $1.5 million she earned from her first book of memoirs, Twenty Letters to a Friend. Well-wishers kept the house she rented in Princeton, N.J., filled with flowers. Fan letters, presents, even proposals...
...nation did not have. Jefferson was convinced that Americans would pay, and they did. Abraham Lincoln at first hoped the Civil War might take a few million dollars and a few weeks to win. But after four years he had the world's biggest army and a conflict that cost a million dollars a day. Franklin Roosevelt plunged the nation billions of dollars into debt to ease the Depression and fight World War II. Concern about paying the bills was one of his lesser burdens. It took John Kennedy only a few minutes to decide he could find $40 billion...