Word: gainly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Gain a Plague. Among the men around Churchill in this moment of decision would be several who have hoped to inherit his leadership: tired, greying, 49-year-old Anthony Eden (most Britons still think of him as younger and more dynamic than he actually is); cool, aloof Richard Austen ("Rab") Butler; able Sir Oliver Lyttelton; clever Harold Macmillan; lazy Oliver Stanley. But there was little doubt that the telling weight in the decision would be Churchill's. And there was almost no doubt that Churchill would decide against trying for a knockout blow...
...hybrid department with only one course offered in the field, the study of bio-chemical sciences bolds out for prospective concentrators a good chance to gain an all around schooling in the biological and physical science without the necessity of delving too deeply into any one specific area...
English 1 attempts to give the field some cohesion but is far too compressed and intensive for most to gain more than a superficial view. English 7 and 25, both good courses, cover American literature and Elizabethan-Jacobean century drama in a more detailed and effective manner. Other courses vary from slightly less than good to slightly less than adequate...
...Prominent among them was the suave, thoroughly Westernized Maharaja of Kapurthala. Though a Sikh, the 74-year-old Maharaja shaves and cuts his hair, in violation of the Sikh ban on removing any hair from the body. But now His Highness, seeing Indian independence grow near, is trying to gain the friendship of the Sikh community. Recently he celebrated the baptism of his young grandson, who drank sugar liquid mixed by five Sikh priests, chanted Sikh hymns, and swore never to shave or have a haircut...
...assert that Truman's policy breaks down the U. N. is incorrect, Wriston replied. Rather, he maintained, it gives the international organization a chance to grow and gain more strength. "The time limit of 15 months on American action to Greece and Turkey will give the U. N. time to wax stronger. We give it added momentum," he asserted...