Word: donee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...government of that great country who are exceedingly anxious to have an under standing with us. I'll spend my time in the next four years to reach an under standing on a basis that peace is possible with all nations. I know it can be done." The President's remark may have been meant to raise hopes. What it did was raise questions. Was there "some new sceneshifting going on behind the Iron Curtain? Who were the "certain leaders" in Russia who wanted to end the Cold war? The President did not explain in his speech...
...down. Before the new policy was introduced, ton chang (the people's court) was dreaded by many middle-class Chinese. The Reds admitted regretfully that "in some places landlord and rich peasant elements were unnecessarily put to death." A month after Kaifeng's capture ton chang had done no "account settling...
...transferring Andre Gide's short tale, "La Symphonie Pastorale" to the screen, the responsible French parties have done it with such skill that if perfection is to be the goal of similar efforts, "Symphonie Pastorale" can well serve as the criterian...
...also feels that the U.S. has been made "clarinet conscious" by some of the "other kind" of tootlers, e.g., Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. "What the jazz boys have done with the clarinet," says Kell, "is colossal." Goodman was one of the first to greet him on his arrival, and at lunch later at the Stork Club, complimented him on his "free and warm" playing on records of Schubert's Der Hirt auf dem Felsen. As for playing "the other kind" himself, Kell once made a record of Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet, but admits that "In a jam session...
Example: the building of a nuclear reactor (for developing atomic energy for ship propulsion, etc.) at Chicago's Argonne National Laboratory was put off repeatedly while contractors and AEC argued on how the job should be done. Just this week, Westinghouse agreed to do the designing and engineering, but the haggling over terms of construction is still going...