Word: disclaimer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Miming, dancing, and singing the lovely old songs of The Great War, Miss Littlewood's actors lightly trace its course. National leaders disclaim any thought of war and then whip out their offensive plans--just in case. Allied generals hold each other in highest contempt, refusing to speak the other's language--until they receive medals. And the audience remembers that "Its a Long Way to Tipperary." But in the background a neon sign chronicles the facts: ALLIES DEFEATED--150,000 CASUALTIES, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT--30,000 DEAD IN THE TRENCHES...
Swarthmore College has re-joined the National Defense Education Act student loan program. One of the last major colleges to re-enter the NDEA program, Swarthmore based its decision on the repeal by Congress of the controversial disclaimer affidavit which required applicants to disclaim belief in any subversive organization...
...other with ray guns; teen-agers still dream about blasting off. What, then, has happened to science fiction? Miss Merril suggests that it has been absorbed into the main body of literature. "Thus, much of the best science fiction published today is under wrappers and headings that either angrily disclaim the 'science-fiction' label, or ignore it completely...
...decision to accept Federal money under the National Defense Education. Act, Yale stands alone among the colleges and universities which withdrew from the program to protest a provision of the Act requiring all student applicants to disclaim belief in any subversive organization...
...Tuesday's Faculty meeting, the basis for discussion was commentary from Pusey and Mark DeWolfe Howe, professor of Law, on the fact that applicants for government loans under the National Defense Education Act will no longer have to disclaim belief in any subversive organization. The NDEA program still asks that students swear they have never been members of a subversive organization, but Howe explained that this request is not as overbearing as if sounds...