Word: depending
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Problems in the Balkans" was the subject of Professor William L. Langer '15, who emphasized the enigmatic role of Soviet Russia in dictating the foreign, policy of the Balkan nations, Turkey, he noted, holds the key to the situation, but its actions must depend on those of the U.S.S.R...
...success of U. S. defense preparations may depend on more than loyalty-on the enthusiastic support and initiative of businessmen. The problem of national unity in 1940 may require that many a loyal citizen somehow be given a new faith in the Roosevelt administration...
...start object lessons in charity; 2) to start programs for others to carry on; 3) to start others giving by giving himself. But he was against setting up any charitable foundation "in perpetuity." Said Rockefeller: "Perpetuity is a pretty long time." With age John D. Sr. came to depend more & more on John D. Jr. to run his empire. He thought the young man did his job very well. But he ruthlessly curbed any tendency to spendthriftness...
...complete dictator, can have little interest in preserving democracy. Economically Canada, the United States, and Central America are a unit in that the predominant part of the trade of this area moves North and South. But from Bravil down to the Antarctic we find countries that can not depend on inter-American trade exclusively; in fact, these countries can not live unless they export elsewhere. These countries in the lower half of South America would be the pawns in the hands of any conqueror of western Europe, despite the fact that they are proud nations not anxious to be ruled...
This alumni body and this endowment are the decisive factors in settling the problem of the place of athletics in college. They mean that when the University needs a new library it doesn't have to depend on its football victories to gain its ends. They mean that it isn't the crowds at the Stadium that pay the Faculty its wages. And thanks to the alumni the H.A.A. is carefully hoarding a reserve athletic endowment, contributed over the last five years. Eventually the interest from this fund will be used to support the teams in the minor sports...