Word: fostering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Russian behavior. "The cold war has been declared anew by Party Secretary Khrushchev," proclaimed a West Berlin commentator. Added a French Foreign Ministry official: "There's very little left of the Geneva spirit after this tour of South Asia." Or as U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles put it in his Chicago speech: "A huge, materialistic state, thwarted in its efforts to aggrandize itself by force [is trying] coldly and cruelly ... to exploit for its selfish ends the aspirations of the peoples of less-developed lands...
Harris gave several reasons for a "restrictionist" policy on the enrollment of the College. He pointed out that "historically, Harvard has tended to increase its enrollment much less than other colleges in the nation." A restricted admissions policy can foster "improving quality" in the student body, he added. Harris also noted that "rumors of a rise in tuition have been circulating," and asserted that such a cost increase "may result in a decline of quality if not accompanied by restrictions of entry...
...have received intimations," said Secretary of State John Foster Dulles at his news conference last week, "that there might be some interest in my view's about foreign policy in the coming campaign." To satisfy this interest, Dulles had prepared a statement about the extent to which he thought foreign policy should- or should not-become a 1956 campaign issue. Debate on foreign policy, said Dulles, "should be welcomed so long as it is constructive and conducted in such a manner as not to endanger our nation. It needs to be remembered that those hostile...
...Shan States, Burmans lined up once again to eye the visitors in expressionless curiosity. Here and there, well-drilled schoolchildren called out a greeting: "Bulganin, Khrushchev, mar bar sai!" (Long live Bulganin and Khrushchev). At one point, after the party had passed, a Western reporter decided to experiment: "John Foster Dulles!" he prompted the kids. "Doolis, mar bar sai!" they sang out obediently...
...Sloganized thinking is catching. Not so long ago the New York City regional meeting for the White House Conference on Education recommended that our schools 'help develop the art of dissent.' What is commendable in dissent as such? Gerald K. Smith and William Z. Foster are both dissenters. What we require is neither assent nor dissent but independent judgment. It is just as idiotic to make a fetish of dissent as of assent." Hook's summing-up: "The task of education is not to produce conformists or nonconformists but intelligent men and women who will see through...