Word: extent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chief political argument of the year concerns defense and the budget, the chief economic argument is about inflation. Last week, echoing his stern budget-message warning, President Eisenhower set up a special Cabinet committee to study the extent to which inflation is heightened by Government spending and federal activities...
...great extent the curriculum reforms have been aimed at exploiting this greater scholastic potential. But it seems that this exploitation is resulting in the over-academization of the undergraduate community and in the sacrifice of non-academic systems of values...
...Stade suggested to the Council that, in place of later parietals, the Freshman Union might be utilized to a greater extent in the evening "We will certainly accept this proposal," Korns said, but added that he felt students would probably not like to use the large common rooms...
German reunification, Finletter noted, "can come about only to the extent that there is a reduction in tensions between the West and the Communists, and as substantial progress is made in the area of disarmament. This policy line deserves more consideration than it has been getting, as "it is the crux of the problem," he said...
Miss Jefford knows what she is doing; she has been well-trained in doing it; and she does it, on the whole, quite well. The extent to which this--and little more--can be said about nearly the whole company is an indication of the extent to which this Twelfth Night is a group effort. Set, costumes (also by Mr. Heeley), and music are more important to the success of the production than is usually the case. This success rests finally on the subtlety with which these elements, and the acting, were made to combine and to complement each other...