Word: formalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...discomfiture, De Gaulle's commander, Vice Admiral Emile Henri Muselier, held a plebiscite. The 4,321 inhabitants voted 56-to-1 to stick with the Free French. The plebiscite suggested a way out to Cordell Hull. Last week the State Department sent General de Gaulle a formal note, asking him to withdraw his ships and men while the people of St. Pierre & Miquelon hold another plebiscite. Cordell Hull was confident that the vote would go the same way. But the ugly shadow of coercion would be lifted-and Vichy left with no grounds for accusing...
...preliminary application blanks filled out by students will be graded with respect to the scholastic record of the student and with respect to whether the student is officer material. Preliminary applications will then be forwarded to the Navy and formal applications and instructions will be mailed to the students selected...
Catching Argentina by using the multitudes of Latin American republics will continue to be the keynote of Mr. Welles' political program for the conference. already, even before formal proceedings have begun, nineteen of the twenty-one American republics have signified their eagerness or their willingness to comply with the desire of Washington, that hemisphere sever diplomatic relations with the Axis as a bloc. Hot gossip has it that the twentieth, Chile, will fall in line today or tomorrow or as soon as Mr. Welles can convince the Chileans that the United States has enough of a Pacific fleet to guard...
...logic was focused on the English language. Dr. Ogden discovered that effective communication in our language is possible with only 850 Basic English words. With this list and a few streamlined simplifications of grammar, foreigners were soon learning English in a fraction of the time demanded by the tedious formal approach. Then they could make phenomenal progress in learning the most advanced words and idioms. Realizing the tremendous implications of these experiments, the old partners, Ogden and Richards set up in 1939 the Committee on Communication in a frame house at 9 Kirkland Place. The Committee, under Dr. Richards, went...
...formal statement from President Manuel Avila Camacho's office explained that "Mexico is actively working with the United States armed forces in maintaining control north of the Panama Canal and south of the Rio Grande." It added that Mexican air patrols are operating with U.S. patrols on the West Coast...