Word: elderly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Geneva, Ferhat Abbas, elder statesman of F.L.N., Algeria's Moslem independence movement, promptly denounced Soustelle's program as "a crude maneuver against Algerian nationalism." But from Algiers, TIME Correspondent Stanley Karnow reported...
...Migration, which is paying their way to South America, and the Protestants' World Council of Churches, which found and bought their Brazilian refuge. The site: 6,000 acres of rich pineland, 10% cleared, about 200 miles southwest of Sāo Paulo. Led by 74-year-old Starik (Elder) Antonov Kulikov, the first contingent of Old Believers picked up 64 tons of seed, fertilizer, tools and clothing in Los Angeles from U.S. Protestants before sailing for Brazil...
There will be some rise in scholarship money next year, Elder said, but added, "we have no intention of trying to buy people." The Graduate School will not swell its ranks by accepting less-qualified people, he said...
With about 96 per cent of next year's class already admitted, Elder said acceptances will continue through the summer. If "some mute, inglorious Milton" should appear, he will not be turned away, Elder remarked. "There's always a loophole for excellence at Harvard," he continued...
...present, Harvard is the only school to request a $5 application fee at the graduate level. Other schools are considering this method of limiting multiple applications. By discouraging prospective students from over-applying, the gap between the number accepted and the number actually registering may be diminished, Elder suggested...