Word: creation
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...private investment, C.E.D. joined the clamor for lower corporate taxes on overseas earnings of U.S. firms (a proposal that the Eisenhower Administration has already urged on Congress). Since Government aid would still be necessary, C.E.D. endorsed the principle of loans rather than outright grants, "devoted mainly to the creation of basic economic facilities such astransportation and development of water resources." Such economic help, along with technical assistance, said the report, "is now one of the main channels through which the West can keep in contact with the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America...
...love for the commonplace and the heroism of Miss Anthony partly inspired the 1946 creation of The Mother of Us All, there were other historically contributing factors. Gertrude S. and Virgil T. had long been thinking independently about the artistic expression of America's 19th century. They met early in the 1920's, quite naturally in Paris, where Gertrude's flock then and later included Hemingway, Sherwood Anderson, and Thornton Wilder...
...after the Aswan communique was issued, Moscow Radio announced that the Soviet Union was granting Egypt "scientific and technical assistance for the creation of a nuclear physics laboratory in Cairo...
...academic world of linguistics and mythology has come what at first glance appears to be a half-serious fairy tale, filled with non-existent characters in a non-existent world. Yet even the most casual reader will immediately see that, while imaginary, the whole creation is not only elaborately developed but extremely serious...
This realism is based on the completeness of the creation. Not only is it faithful to human consciousness, but it adheres strictly to its own internal laws, and the reader soon finds himself thumbing the appendix, absorbing lore and custom with enthusiasm which should shame every history teacher...