Word: formality
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...formal farewell party, the city of Minsk marked the demise of an organization which had also contributed to the Soviet people's wellbeing, and that of 15 other nations. After 3½ years of work, UNRRA ceased operations (except in China) this week. It had spent nearly $3 billion, 72% of which had been contributed...
Freedom at a Price. If the Church and Parliament cannot agree on such a compromise, wrote the Archbishop, "then Disestablishment and Disendowment will be unavoidable." Disestablishment would mean the end of the formal relationship of Church & State which began when Henry VIII repudiated papal authority, and the Convocation of 1534 resolved that the Pope had no more divine jurisdiction in England than "any other foreign bishop...
When he was ten a wealthy woman on San Francisco's Pacific Avenue began to finance his training. He made the local circuit: recitals in private homes, luncheon, solos, a formal recital in Veterans' Auditorium. In 1937 he was ready for Manhattan and Town Hall-or thought he was. Hiring the hall and paying for the trip cost his sponsor $1,500. Says Isaac: "I hired an accompanist, had three rehearsals. I should have had a tested program which I'd played on the road and had embedded in my fingertips. A concert like...
...editorial in the Berlin Soviet mouthpiece Tägliche Rundschau asserted that U.S. and British airmen had sought out German cities for destruction during the war, neglected military targets. General Lucius D. Clay, U.S. commander in Germany, quietly commented: "I would not dignify that kind of charge with a formal protest." Convinced that a divided Germany would be more than a temporary Condition, the Anglo-Americans this week gave authorization to a tightened bizonal economic administration. Its job: the challenging one of making Western German economy selfsupporting...
...Formal athletics here will come to a complete standstill this summer, but there will be plenty of opportunities for undergraduates to keep in trim for the fall, or just get out in the sunshine and enjoy themselves, the H.A.A. has announced...