Word: devotee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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¶ "Devote at least one half-hour every day between five and six to children . . . [and] develop a preschool-age or kindergarten program to be broadcast during the morning."
The contract was both flowery and nebulous. It said that the company was "sympathetic to the enlightened and wise guidance of His Imperial Majesty . . . and his Government toward the destiny, which by history and background, Ethiopia so well deserves." In return for the concession, Sinclair promised to devote part of...
¶ The key to the future is "reconstruction." (Other Government statements explained: reconstruction means new taxes, anti-inflation measures, quick industrial reconversion, more food production. Added Domei: because the enemy's superior science won victory, "we must devote ourselves to scientific knowledge.")
With an income guaranteed for at least ten years, the Institute hopes to attract the best brains in the field. Memorial's present research staff will form the Institute's nucleus. Instead of hit-or-miss study like much cancer research in the past, the Institute will devote...
Still the "CC." Relieved of Foreign Ministry routine. Premier Soong could now devote more attention to China's galloping inflation and related problems. But though T. V. had won great administrative power, he still had to buck the political machine run by the Kuomintang's right-wing "CC...