Word: firmness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...broad-backed Hippopotamus Rests on his belly in the mud; Although he seems so firm to us He is merely flesh and blood...
...alarming crisis last week. The high commissioners of the three occupying powers (the U.S., Britain and France) got in a row over their first important decision. They patched it up by a crude compromise which embroiled them with the new German government of Konrad Adenauer. When Adenauer stood firm, the high commissioners partly backed down, and belatedly saved the situation...
...high commissioners forthwith did their best to repair the damage; they conceded the force of Adenauer's firm but tactful outlining of the German reaction. It was agreed that Adenauer should announce the 23.8? mark rate, with no conditions attached; then the coal problem would be handed over to a German-Allied committee...
Diagnosis. To get at the theater's internal "maladjustments" and its troubles with the public, Bernays' high-powered firm had done a six-week survey. There were interviews in all branches of the theater; 400 "personal depth" interviews in upper and middle income groups in nine selected cities; 5,000 mailed questionnaires to key individuals in 27 cities...
...colony Distributors is the name of the Boston firm which is promoting the seat rental notion. They offer different models; one designed for the concrete seats and one designed for the steel seats...