Word: explicit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been fashioned in the classrooms of Columbia; he ranks among the great U.S. teachers. One former student, Trappist Father Thomas (The Seven Storey Mountain) Merton, wrote of him: "His classes were literally 'education'-they brought things out of you, they made your mind produce its own explicit ideas...
...Egyptians reaffirmed that they are cold war neutrals, that the only outside force they want in the Middle East is the U.N. In Washington, Syria's ambassador to the U.S., Farid Zeineddine, warned that no new U.S. moves into the Middle East could apply without "prior and explicit agreement" with the Arabs-which is a key provision of the U.S. plan...
...Losses." When it came to explaining his failure to rush reinforcements in to counter the Anglo-French landing at Port Said, Nasser was considerably less explicit. "We may not yet be finished with the British and French," said he, "and I don't want to talk about strategy." By implication, however, he seemed to concede that the Egyptian army, after its frantic rush back from Sinai, simply wasn't able to mount a major effort at Port Said. "We were so deceived about British intentions," said he, "that one of the first things we did after the Israeli...
Denied all this, Lillian Hellman's libretto also bears her own strong impress, which is foreign to Voltaire's. Where Voltaire is ironic and bland, she is explicit and vigorous. Where he makes lightning, rapier thrusts, she provides body blows. Where he is diabolical, Playwright Hellman is humanitarian...
...those planning to study at the University as civilians, Provost Paul H. Buck made this difference quite explicit. The wartime educational philosophy of the University was enunciated when Buck addressed the incoming class of '46." . . . Obviously your first responsibility is to prepare yourself for usefulness in the war effort. College men need not be told again that they have no right to be in college unless they have planned their program in the light of participation in the war . . . . We firmly believe that every physically qualified man of college age should be trained for the Armed Services unless specifically assigned...