Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...survey recommended that large corporations review their policies to avoid making it difficult for executives to serve the government, that business schools place greater emphasis on research in government problems, and that the trade press expand its coverage of the whole area of government administration...
...misfortune to arrive on the scene late, with the result that many allusions to certain characters, both quick and dead, were difficult to place. Raymond Chandler's story is complex, and it seems that a William Faulkner, who later rose to some measure of literary fame, has tampered with it along with two other fellows who were attempting to make a living out in Hollywood about 15 or 20 years ago; and Mr. Faulkner, according to certain critics, has never excelled in the virtues of simplicity anyhow. But this is quibbling, and with the movie the CRIMSON can have...
...break up the formality of more "official" stops in their itinerary. After a dinner in Holmes Hall, the six editors took turns riding around the Radcliffe quad on a Vespa and sang folk songs. They diplomatically declined an invitation to sing the "Internationale," however, describing it as "musically too difficult...
...Richter's trick of playing tenths and simultaneously playing thirds between thumb and forefinger, Van immediately duplicated it, commented, "Aw, that's not hard." He plays Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto with the cadenza that the pianist-composer rewrote for his own performances because it was too difficult...
Several History and Government professors said yesterday that it would be difficult to predict the outcome of the current French crisis until Gen. Charles deGaulle and the rebel military government made clear their positions...