Word: direful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...leadership of the non-Communist world, the U.S. has some dire responsibilities to shoulder. One of them is to meet the fundamental moral challenge posed by the strange old wizard who lives in a mountainous land and who is, sad to relate...
...pressing problems that face the modern minister and his church. Although students can take courses in the Social Relations department and do a great deal of outside practice work, this is not enough. No one wants the Divinity School to become a trade school, but there is a dire need for courses that deal specifically with the minister's relation to the congregation, his need and use of psychological techniques, the problems and practice of religious education, and other questions. Harvard is far behind other institutions in this respect...
...bring proposals for some kind of general federal government subsidy to higher education. Fiscal policies to halt inflationary trends would constitute a major contribution by the federal government to the welfare of higher education. If inflation continues, a federal subsidy would not catch up with or adequately alleviate the dire effects of inflation upon our colleges and universities...
House building could stand a boost. Private home building in August slumped to $920 million, one-third under the same month last year; the dollar volume of private commercial building dropped 6%, while industrial building doubled. With easier credit, builders who have been predicting dire troubles for the industry now expect to put up 850,000 houses this year, the goal of the Government all along...
...Dire Consequences." Amid such signs that the head man's words were not going over, the assistant coaches began to exhort the team, too. Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston cut short a press conference to catch a plane for New York, where, on a television program and on Mary Margaret McBride's radio show, he got in a few words for strong controls. Fred Vinson, stepping down from his traditionally aloof position of Chief Justice, warned that any relaxation of preparedness would have "dire consequences." Secretary of Defense George Marshall, Presidential Assistant W. Averell Harriman and others warned against...