Word: finding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...disappointed to find that in our age of so-called enlightenment so little progress has been made toward solving the main issues of our destiny. It took 43 theologians five years of study to reach the conclusion that, after all, Hell may not be a place of fiery torment but a state of loneliness and frustration. This still makes very little difference in view of the Bible's numerous statements that Hell is the common grave of all mankind and where "man hath no pre-eminence above a beast [Ecclesiastes...
...evening before their report to the President was due, Taylor and his fellow mediators were still trying to find a kernel of agreement that might serve as the starting point for a last-minute solution. McDonald trimmed his demands for a two-year wage and benefits increase of 28½? down to a 19¾? package-the level at which California's Edgar Kaiser had urged his fellow steel men to settle. Industry's Cooper stonily told the fact finders that McDonald's package would really cost 33?, and the proposal was "unacceptable"; in its place...
...Vorovskovo Street, ex-Navy Lieut. Commander Langelle produced his diplomatic card, claimed his diplomatic immunity from arrest. He demanded the right to call his embassy. The five Russian agents laughed, told him that his diplomatic immunity had been revoked. Then one Russian searched Langelle's topcoat, claimed to find a notebook, which Langelle had never seen before. Sure enough, when the Russian applied a handy chemical solution to its pages, he found invisible ink notes on Soviet secrets. The ploy: the notebook looked like prefabricated evidence for a sure-to-convict espionage trial against Langelle...
...heavies, recognized favorites for the Grand, found it more difficult to find sparring partners, and several times raced the 'fifties. Too many brushes, however, tend to make a crew nervous and weakens its form, and shortly before the first day of racing Coolidge took his eight up the river for some quiet practice...
However, NSA is a complex organization with as many potentialities for improvement as it has accomplishments. It is undergoing a period of transition--rethinking its own philosophy of student concerns and reorganizing its structure. It would be foolish to pass it by without taking the time to find out what...