Word: givens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Condon hit the ceiling; Mrs. Condon had given Kent a Bulgarian's address, but there was no showing that the Bulgarian was a Soviet agent. The FBI, he cried, was a "stupid" outfit whose report had been based on "false and malicious" information. "Who attacks my wife," he announced, "must take me on. Mr. J. Edgar Hoover owes her a personal apology. I hope he is man enough to deliver...
...career was clearly consistent and easy to follow. What happened next is harder-and more important-to understand. Within a few months of McCloy's arrival in Washington, Stimson got Roosevelt to appoint McCloy Assistant Secretary of War. If this was a "policy job," it had been given to a man who had little experience with either policy or politics. If it was an "administrative job," it had gone to a man with no experience of administration...
...substantial part of the funds for this year's grant was raised by an AVC dance given early...
...three placed among the five highest scorers in the six-hour exam, which was given simultaneously in colleges all over the United States and Canada...
...general rule an exam in a certain subject given away must start at precisely the same moment as the same exam begins in Cambridge. For this reason crew coach Tom Bolles, who is in charge of proctoring finals in 30 subjects for his charges in New London, has had to build his whole practice program around the exam schedule, planning rowing only early in the morning and late in the afternoon...