Word: drawning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since most corporations hold their annual meetings in the spring, consumer groups have not yet drawn up their proxy resolutions. Farber expects an increase in the number of proxy fights. Last year, the Episcopalian Church introduced a resolution requiring GM to wind up operations in South Africa. (Harvard voted against it; like the GM proposals, it was defeated by a wide margin.) This year other churches and foundations may join consumer organizations on the proxy battlefield. Farber said Harvard will be prepared...
...like to say that the smiling-face gimmick that is sweeping the country [Aug. 30] is hardly new. Teachers in primary grades have been using the Smilie, quickly drawn on papers, to show young students that their work is correct and neat. It encourages the little ones as well as being...
...single, 10-yd.-long sheet was stored on a spool at one end of the compartment and rolled through into a hamper on the other end as it was soiled; it had to be laundered just once a week. The box was partially soundproofed, and a shade could be drawn over the plate-glass window...
...sound of applause came from the open windows of the second-floor room where the Big Four ambassadors-from the U.S., Britain, France and the Soviet Union-had been negotiating for nearly 14 hours. The applause was abundantly justified; the ambassadors had reached a pivotal agreement in the drawn-out process of ending a quarter-century of East-West conflict over the city...
...McCarthy era; the thought of enduring that kind of abuse deterred some prospective researchers from entering the field. The present renaissance began in the late 1950s, spurred in part by the first of nearly $24 million in grants from the Ford Foundation. Later, many able new students were drawn to the field by concern over the growing U.S. role in Asia, especially Viet Nam; others simply succumbed to the intellectual fascination of Chinese civilization. These scholars regularly visit libraries in Japan and Taiwan; a key overseas source is Hong Kong's Universities Service Center, a foundation-backed depot...