Word: domaine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American living abroad in direct contact with Europeans in their own milieu always makes comparisons, and I am no exception. I would like to pass on one of these observations because it shows up a gross inadequacy in a very important domain of American education--language training. As far as proficiency in foreign languages is concerned, most Americans are like wet hens compared to their Dutch counterparts...
...night ride, he and a handful of followers recaptured the ancestral capital and palace of Riyadh. Soon after World War I, he had united all the tribes of the Nejd under his rule; next, he overthrew the Saud enemy, Sherif Hussein of Mecca, and blended the Hejaz into his domain...
...Composers, Authors and Publishers demanded too much in performance royalties. As a rival music-licensing agency. BMI had a scrawny infancy: almost all competent U.S. songwriters were members of ASCAP. For a while, until peace was patched up, the networks had to draw heavily on tunes in the public domain-and Stephen Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair became...
...reasons for this amnity are many. First, the town is centered about the university, working in and for it, and sharing much of its cultural advantages. Also since Princeton is essentially a residential town--and a dull one at that--few students penetrate beyond the merchant's domain of Nassau Street. But the biggest reason for continued good relationships is a crew of seven men called proctors...
...Worker draws a modern parallel: "Just as the cattle barons of the '70s, '80s and '90s sought to appropriate unto themselves the range of the public domain, so today, under the Eisenhower Administration, are the modern barons seeking to convert their grazing permits in national parks and other public areas to form a permanent tax-free title." But the main trouble: The film "tends to glorify individual-as opposed to collective-action...