Word: drafted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...proposed by the West: 1) problems of German unity, including "economic and political principles" and Four-Power control; 2) Berlin, including the currency question; 3) preparation of a peace treaty for Germany; 4) consultation on a peace treaty for Austria (the Foreign Ministers' deputies have vainly tried to draft an Austrian treaty for the past 2½ years). Vishinsky also suggested that a peace treaty for Japan be taken up, but Acheson countered that the U.S. wished "no hasty consideration" of the question. When Bevin asked whether agreement on Germany would be a precondition for discussing Austria, Vishinsky replied...
...Sneezing, like hiccups, warts and baldness, is richly endowed with popular superstitions and remedies. Aristotle considered a sneeze evidence of the brain's vigor. Ancient Persians believed it to be the draft from the Evil One's wings. Hindus think a sneezer is expelling an evil spirit. Old wives' cures include pulling hairs from the nose, reciting the alphabet backwards, shooting off a revolver...
...thing, Matthews was a loyal member of the party. He had helped draft the President's civil rights program, and at the Philadelphia convention he firmly whipped the Nebraska delegation back into line when some of its members wanted to desert Truman. The President, accepting Louis Johnson's man, sent his nomination to the Senate, on the same day he sent up the names of Gordon Gray, 39-year-old Assistant Secretary of the Army, to be Under Secretary of the Army, and California's easygoing Dan Kimball, to be promoted from Assistant to Under Secretary...
Shrinkage comes mainly from boys who prefer another college or who can't afford Harvard without a scholarship, Bender said. Last year the Committee made a bad guess on how much shrinkage the draft would cause, and wound up with a class...
...freshman Union Committee is still without a charter. Though the Student Council adopted a Constitution for the group in March, Dean Leighton has not yet given his final okay. According to present plans he will report to the Council next week on the draft that was submitted to him by the Freshman Affairs Committee...