Word: extended
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...purpose of science is to extend our knowledge and thereby our control of the forces of nature. The whole history of civilization is witness to the compelling necessity of this process. Any danger to mankind lies in the destructive use of discoveries which could have been used for its benefit. It does not lie in the discoveries themselves, least of all in the possibility that they may get physically out of control as you suggest in your article...
...Chungking, Chang Kia-ngau, close adviser to the Generalissimo and his chief economic expert at the Changchun negotiations, announced: "The taking over of the Northeast will proceed smoothly. Russian authorities have expressed their willingness to extend help...
Having read your letter published today [TIME, Nov. 12] to us subscribers, I certainly do want to join you in every good wish to Jim Linen in his new job. I also want to extend congratulations to TIME for regaining the services of one of the ablest men I have ever known-and one of the nicest...
Meanwhile the U.S. would do its best to clamp down on the black markets, straighten the currency muddle, extend credit and speed the shipment of goods to the islands. Last week the Administration also made up its mind on trade policy; it would ask Congress to give the Philip pines free trade with the U.S. for eight years and tariffs which would rise gently for 25 years after that...
...express my admiration and gratitude to a country which produces in its rank & file such an innate sense of human decency that it can handle military formality and extend a generous friendliness even to strangers...