Word: extention
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vast majority of Indians to work together and . . . also an evidence of the continuing British policy of unduly emphasizing minorities." He characterized the Moslem League's behavior at Simla as "coercion of the majority," blamed Lord Wavell for the failure of the conference "only to the extent that he has allowed himself to be bullied into retreat by a small minority...
...whereabouts unknown for nearly two weeks, the Student Council Report on undergraduate activities, scheduled for release early this term, turned up this week in Daytona Beach, Florida. Daniel P. S. Paul '46, graduating Student Council member, is still tabulating the questionnaires which were distributed in June to determine the extent of undergraduate participation in student organizations, and the report will probably not be ready until Fall...
...very large extent the specific recommendations made by our church groups have been given effect. The basic conception of Dumbarton Oaks was that a few great powers would wield overwhelming military might to repress violence. The nations represented at San Francisco found that conception unacceptable. A few feared that the Great Powers would in fact agree upon a use of force which unguided by moral principles would be oppressive and unjust. Many more feared that the five Great Powers would be unable to agree among themselves and that the Security Council would be impotent as an organ for action. This...
...counting started in the Maritimes before it was evident that Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King would come out on top again. In politically potent Quebec, the Liberal Party's victory reached landslide proportions. Then Ontario, by not voting against the 70-year-old Prime Minister to the extent anticipated, made it a sure thing. Final returns, pouring in from the western provinces, simply decided the question of how really conclusive the victory would...
...Philadelphia Story," was the obvious choice for screen-play duties, and he has done what most screen-writers are afraid to do: on celluloid, "Without Love" is not just a photographic reproduction of a stage play. Advantage is made of the medium to an enormously greater extent than in, say, "Claudia." Which is as it should...