Word: consisting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...case of a resident who is considered to be hiding something or is "not frank enough," casual visitors will call on him, each using a different form of approach. These visitors, assigned by the police, may consist of Youth Corps League members, party members, unit chiefs, members of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association, activists from peasants' or workers' organizations. This will go on until the man is cleared or arrested. Said a middle-aged housewife who came to Hong Kong a few months ago: "You people outside always pity us for our short rations, dirty rice and scanty...
...live portions will consist of interviews with President Pusey, various deans, and other officials of the University...
Students may try out Friday at 3:15 p.m. at 2 Divinity Ave. The contest will consist of problems that require ingenuity rather than advanced training...
Soil-Bank Plan. The heart of the President's program, Benson testified, is the "soil-bank" plan, designed to cut plantings of wheat and cotton by perhaps 20%. The bank would consist of an "acreage reserve" and a "conservation reserve," which would cost the taxpayers $1 billion over the next three years. Farmers choosing to join the acreage reserve would take specific acres temporarily out of production, receiving compensation based on a percentage of the normal yield. Compensation would be paid, Benson testified, in a novel way: the farmers would get certificates redeemable by the Commodity Credit Corp...
...parents and school authorities hit upon a compromise that, if it did not put Shirley entirely at her ease, at least saved her health and the school's sense of propriety. Henceforth, as long as the wintry blasts blew, Shirley's costume would consist of slacks topped by a skirt...