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Word: establishments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...advantages of a Presidential system would have been to establish a direct link between the electorate and the Executive, but the dangers seemed too great, precisely because there is no coherent majority among the voters...

Author: By Stanley H. Hoffmann, | Title: General DeGaulle's Attempt At Squaring the Circle | 9/30/1958 | See Source »

...mistake to see in his place for a strong state an echo of Fascism; he has shown himself aware and respectful of France's tradition of freedom, to such an extent that his attempt to establish as much of a powerful Executive as this tradition tolerates might well prove insufficient...

Author: By Stanley H. Hoffmann, | Title: General DeGaulle's Attempt At Squaring the Circle | 9/30/1958 | See Source »

...From studying his own hand and dummy's, plus the bidding, he was sure that East held the two unseen aces, and probably the club king. A diamond lead would sacrifice Goren's king. A club lead, enabling East to play through North's queen, would establish a third club trick on which East could discard his losing diamond. And a heart lead would let East trump in dummy, discarding the diamond. That left Goren with the prospect of breaking two rules that can be glibly quoted by every tyro: 1) never lead from a king...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: King of the Aces | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

...believed that the restrictions on moving are intended, in part, to establish a continuity in the resident body of each on-campus dormitory--a change which would make the dorms more like the House system. The immense administrative work involved in mass room-changing is probably another reason for its abolition...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Radcliffe Policy Curtails Annual Room Changing | 9/25/1958 | See Source »

...Thunderer. Soviet researches, summarized in a handsome outsized volume published this year by UNESCO (Early Russian Icons, New York Graphic Society; $18), establish the medieval stronghold city of Novgorod, southeast of Leningrad, as one of the great centers of icon making. A Constantinople-trained Greek named Theophanes-called by a contemporary the "very excellent book illuminator and painter"-was the artist who brought the secrets of Byzantium's golden age to the cold north in the late 14th century, sparked Novgorod's greatest period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART OF BYZANTIUM | 9/15/1958 | See Source »

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