Word: directed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...This I do carry in my head, Senator. ... All Government and all private institutions must be designed to promote and defend the integrity and dignity of the individual." The Communist philosophy, he pointed out, is the direct antithesis of that; in Russia men are means to an end. In a democracy "the individual comes first...
...with the solidest of reputations for giving unbiased advice, the firm still thrives, acting as fiduciary for funds totaling over $100 million. Its present head-and fifth in direct line of descent from the founder-is staid, bespectacled George Emlen Roosevelt, 59, a noted amateur chess player and yachtsman. He will be succeeded ultimately by one of his two sons or five nephews, in the tradition of the family motto: Qui Plantavit Curabit (he who planted will tend...
Plans for applying more direct political pressure on the Massachusetts and Federal legislatures were approved by the Harvard Liberal Union at its spring organizational meeting last night...
...sixty members attending the discussion voted to abandon the policy of circulating petitions to arouse student sentiment, a method widely used during the fall with mediocre results, in favor of direct lobbying and testimony before legislative committees. Outstanding success of the petitions distributed throughout the University was a resolution condemning the tactics used by the Rankin Committee against Professor Harlow Shapley, which was signed by 1200 students and faculty members...
...checks and balances within the Administration could explain. If the cases against tutorial can be expounded less and less in terms of manpower, it must be explained in terms of someone's unwillingness to spend the money somewhere. The departments, almost to the last, will disclaim any direct responsibility for the cutbacks and will point to budgets that will not allow for expansion in this line. The Administration, from whom all budgets flow--albeit with departmental advice--will counter with claims that once the budget is granted, each department has a free hand to go on ahead autonomously with plans...