Word: extent
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...academy in scientific matters. With notably few exceptions-mostly in nonscientific fields -the academy elects its members on the basis of merit. It not only directs the policies of the twelve "sister academies" of the various republics, it runs at least 126 research institutes, and to a large extent governs the work of more than 200,000 scientists and technicians. Its institutes probe into everything from weather control and ionospheric explorations above the Antarctic icecap to elaborate schemes for landing electronic-guided tanks on the moon. It sponsors as many as 100 field expeditions at a time, one of which...
Anti-Americanism is not solely Communist inspired, McGann noted. He felt that the sentiment which gave rise to the anti-Nixon riots is a carry-over from the days of American imperialism. Although Communists participated in and directed the demonstrations to some extent, only 150,000 of the 175 million inhabitants of Latin America are actually Communist...
...last week Andy Knutson, 50, had had enough: he demanded that Coya leave Congress and come home-or else. Since her election to Congress four years ago, said Knutson, "our home life has deteriorated to the extent that it is practically nonexistent. I want to have the happy home that we enjoyed for many years prior to her election...
...would disparage the objectives stated in the charter of the Harvard Student Agencies, Inc. The real question is to what extent these aims have been implemented, and here there is room for improvement. The members and directors of the HSA are the first to admit this. "With any new business," John U. Monro, Director of Financial Aid and creator of the organization, observes, "there is a natural tendency to grow, to press for its success...
...Christian conscience cannot rest content with any legal or compulsive arrangement that brands any people as inferior; which denies them the full right of citizenship on the ground of race, color or social status; or which prevents them from developing to the fullest possible extent the potentialities with which they, as individuals, have been endowed by the Creator...