Word: diverts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...actually buy. Nikita Khrushchev had promised every Russian citizen an average 97 sq. ft. of living space by 1970 (v. the present 75 sq. ft.*), and the new house's 430 sq. ft. for four people would more than fill the bill. But would the Soviet authorities divert enough materials and labor to produce the new house in quantity? Even as they queued up in the snow to inspect it last week, Russians were aware that except for a few top bureaucrats, the mirage would probably remain more dream than house...
Following are three comments that university presidents--and football coaches--dread. Wrote one irate graduate (class of 1927), "If you think fund raising isn't affected by our football record, try collecting from some of the average alumni. I have." Another ('22) said, "Should we divert a little attention from the Ford Foundation's gift of 7 1/2 million bucks and give it to the football situation? From a purely sales-pitch angle, it will bring in more dollars than all that high-falutin' 'larnin'.' In industry, earnings count. In a college, I believe alumni...
...surest way to kill debate and controversy, according to bureaucrats, is to appoint a committee; and Monro has tried to divert controversy in advocating the creation of an advisory group among the Houses to meet with HSA officials. He claims that he welcomes constant scrutiny of the Agencies by members of the community, and at the same time passes off specific inquiries about HSA and prefers to keep financial records private. Monro shows great confidence in "the organization at heart," says he knows nothing about the awarding of certain high-paying jobs, and disclaims responsibility, although...
...Walker claims, "and at the same time continue to advance the standard of band music at Harvard." The new band administration, headed by Alpers, seems generally to approve of Walker's plans, but they, and the band as a whole, tend to be suspicious, fearing that Walker might eventually divert all the energy of the band away from football. Not so, says Walker, who feels that the more serious musicians are leaving the football band anyway and that their presence only inhibits the raunch group...
...annual meeting of the National Catholic Welfare Conference in Washington, the U.S. Roman Catholic hierarchy accepted a study report from the conference's Department of Social Action, which attacked chauvinistic extremists who "divert attention from critical Communist gains in Asia, Africa and Latin America." The report was presented by Archbishop William E. Cousins of Milwaukee and written by Father John F. Cronin, the N.C.W.C.'s famed expert on Communist infiltration of labor unions. Without mentioning the Birchers by name, it made clear that the warning was aimed at groups "which emphasize the danger of domestic subversion, and give...