Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...list of natural and man-made catastrophes which may at some time be encountered ... If we look ahead five or ten years we must consider the possibility of encountering atomic blast. This possibility may for some places be so small that it can be neglected. We should make every effort to add atomic facts of life-subtle and obvious, pleasant and unpleasant-to our folklore. [But] an attempt to provide complete (necessarily underground) protection against atomic attack at close range would cost so much, and would interfere so greatly with what we have come to regard as normal living, that...
Behind these ups & downs in Britain's daily existence were some hard facts of British economic life. They were summarized last week by Sir Stafford Cripps in his "Economy Survey for 1949." The news he had about Britain's great effort toward recovery was as good as anyone had a right to expect; some of it was better...
Plan S. Last winter, Luigi Gedda called on Catholic Action's comitati civici (citizens' committees) for a major effort. He named it Plan S (for syndicalism). He wanted to build up the Free Federation of Italian Labor, to rival the Red-run Italian Confederation of Labor (C.G.I.L.) through which the Communists have kept an iron grip on four million of Italy's workers. Gedda's goal was to enlist two million members for the Free Federation...
...committee working on the problem will devise a completely new approach to grading. If, however, it does not plan a thorough reconstruction, and intends to make changes within the existing framework, it should record plusses and minuses so that rank group ratings will more accurately represent a man's effort, ability, and accomplishment...
...there was equally fine singing from two other principals. Joel Berglund was magnificent as Jokanaan, the prophet, whom Salome has decapitated in her insane effort to kiss his "ruby-red mouth." And as for Kerslin Thorborg, I only wish she had more to do in her portrayal of Herodias, King Herod's wife. What she did sing was superb...