Word: core
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...normal, mature tooth has a hard outer enamel, an inner layer of dentine, and at the core a soft pulp containing the nerves and blood vessels (see diagram). Because blood vessels do not reach the enamel, they bring it no nourishment, take none away, says...
...Bible. Shakespeare examinations in English and History and Literature: one wouldn't have to study for them if he were lucky enough to know the elementary material involved. This test, no more than the admirable General Education courses, would not settle forever our search for "a common core of knowledge"; but it would at least help students avoid the temptation of meekly submitting their destinies to whoever happens at a given moment to be making our policy...
...forceful as his dislike of Franco is Hoare's hearty endorsement of Count Francisco Jordana, who was for two years Franco's Minister for Foreign Affairs. He credits the success of the North African invasion operations partly to Jordana's co-operative and discreet attitude--"pro-Ally to the core...
...Nath and the farmer's adopted child (Allene Roberts), thus forbidden, cannot resist trying to find out what it's all about. They are variously hindered by Nath's lush sweetheart (Julie London) and her sinister spare-time boy friend (Rory Calhoun). Their quest for the core of the farmer's terror results, first of all, in some effectively staged ghost fear: Nath's exploration of the dark, wind-lashed, screaming woods. As the youngsters keep exploring, they are warned off by bullets. When Farmer Robinson's sister (Judith Anderson) is killed, his mind...
...inner core of lona is still the Community, composed of the ministers who enroll for the two-year course of training and pledge themselves to devote half an hour each morning to prayer and Bible-reading. All members also seek to keep their personal expenditures down to Britain's national average income-$720 a year for a single man, $320 more for a married one, plus $240 for each child. Members' accounts are kept openly and discussed among themselves at regular intervals-items over and above the national average can be justified if they are "for the glory...