Word: discordance
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...Secretary, and when he affirmed his belief in the brotherhood of man, he was warmly applauded, because he had been promoted, because he is popular, and because the delegates knew that he had served radically but well. It was not until that afternoon that the vague notes of faint discord that were to characterize the rest of the conference first made themselves heard...
Just for Insurance. Gizenga's team might well have been defeated in Parliament had Moise Tshombe allowed his delegation of seven Senators and eight Deputies to attend the session in Leopoldville. But Tshombe, between bouts of bush fever, was more interested in sowing discord at home and abroad. Imprisoned for two months by Kasavubu's central government, he had won release by promising Strongman Joseph Mobutu that he would merge his 11,600 army, officered by 634 Europeans, with that of the central government. Once back in Katanga, Tshombe assured his Cabinet that the agreement was only...
...bride and groom as a first-wedding-anniversary present, and a tape-recorded You Are There commentary by a mellifluous announcer who describes the garb, step, and emotional tone of the whole wedding party. Mrs. Doran advises parents to keep the recording a secret until there are rumors of discord in the newlyweds' happy home. "If the young couple have been squabbling," she says, "you'd be surprised how quickly playing that record straightens them...
...Conant, 67, last week received a $300,000 Carnegie Corporation grant for his next project: a two-year survey of teacher recruitment and training. Planning to canvass 1,000 education schools while delving into the quicksand area o-teacher certification, Conant hopes that his report will "quiet somewhat the discord in the field...
...seal. But they were forgeries, and only the latest of a series with which the Communists have plagued the West in recent years. Chief Communist forgery center seems to be a clandestine installation in East Berlin's outlying OberSchöneweide. Most forgeries have been designed to sow discord between the Western allies or between them and the uncommitted nations of the world. Usually they are suitably low-keyed and close enough to the real thing to achieve at least passing effect...