Word: documenting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...present living arrangements provide an avenue of escape for those girls who find oppressive the institutional atmosphere of the brick dormitories. The houses' size and freedom from organized meals give at least a few of the benefits of private houses. Recently a document protesting the destruction of the houses was posted both on and off campus. It attracted an impressive number of signatures--well over forty per cent in the dorms where it was posted. Even those who do not want to live off-campus are impressed with the value of the diversity of the present arrangement...
...mother country insist that Cyprus be partitioned or changed into a cantonal federation to give each national group its own domain. Greece refuses even to discuss partition, and will demand first of all a new constitution free of the hampering minority rights for Turkish Cypriots embedded in the 1960 document. Mediator Tuomioja hopes to complete his mission in the specified three-month period, but a Canadian soldier was more realistic when he said, "We'll be lucky to get home for Christmas...
Only Wilson's private secretary, Joe Tumulty, his doctor, Admiral Cary Grayson, and Edith knew his true condition. For five months Wilson lay flat on his back. His wife had to read to him. If a document needed his signature, his wife guided his trembling hand. His face was set in a senseless smile. At times, he would cry inconsolably. In contrast to the almost embarrassingly candid reports on Eisenhower's physical condition, Wilson's entourage of doctors constantly issued bland, reassuring medical bulletins...
...stability in the Middle East. It might well have if Makarios had not decided that the constitution was unworkable because it conflicted "with internationally accepted democratic principles and creates sources of friction between Greek and Turkish Cypriots." Most observers agree that the constitution is an unwieldy and difficult document. In an effort to safeguard the interests of the Turkish community, who make up 20% of the population, the constitution requires that 40% of the army, 30% of the civil service, and 30% of the police be drawn from Turkish Cypriots. Both the President and the Vice President have the right...
...soon as he was released, the police canceled his "cabaret card," a document required of all entertainers who appear in New York nightclubs...