Word: different
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...India, Dulles repeatedly made the point that the areas of agreement between Indian democracy and U.S. democracy were wider than the areas of disagreement. "You all know," he said, "that in our country there is nowhere anything but the greatest regard and respect and affection for India . . . We differ on some matters, but that is characteristic of free peoples...
Perhaps the most common reason for giving to the Fund was expressed in a talk by Edward Streeter '14, author of Father of the Bride. "Although the graduate's memories will differ in detail, they will be basically similar to mine, and he will sigh with regret that an era so good, so rich, so colorful, so filled with giants and genius and laughter, should have passed away forever--and then he will fumble in the lower drawer of his desk for his checkbook...
...Chapter 14, which describes the Battle of the Kings, details names and places that differ from Genesis or clarify known translations...
...Yeatsian distress the Harvard community gazes anxiously at the widening gyre of its dramatic activities. With at least a dozen groups already formed and new ones blossoming each month, there is some ground for this mild hysteria. Opinions differ as to the nature of the problem--some say that acting talent is spread too thinly, other that there is not enough capital at hand--but the groups agree that the root of the trouble is dissipation of effort. Many feel that this dispersion can only be prevented by legislation...
...from the Communists, Signor Gronchi replied, for they bow to Moscow's directives. But the Red Socialists of Pietro Nenni are another matter. Though allied with the Communists, Gronchi maintained, they are firm believers in personal freedom and democracy, and differ with the Communists on these points...