Word: giving
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Acheson dropped by his apartment and, over a mournful drink, told of his troubles with Congress. Yet as a private citizen-practicing law in Washington and sitting as a member of the Democratic Advisory Council-no one has worked harder than Dean Acheson at urging the Democratic Congress to give the Republican Administration political fits. Last week, invited to Capitol Hill for dinner with a dozen or so Democratic Senators. Acheson listened restlessly while his tablemates complained about the difficulty of getting their programs accepted by the Administration. Finally, one Senator asked: "Mr. Acheson, what would...
...years. Had not the paper lost $800,000 last year? Reid admitted it was "in the red." Asked Fulbright sarcastically: "In view of this outstanding success, why did Mr. Whitney determine to let you out of the paper?" Reid said he himself had made the decision, so as to give Whitney complete freedom of action. Sneered Fulbright: "I don't see how that proves your efficiency as a director of the paper when as part of that deal you are leaving the paper...
...governments of the U.S.A., Great Britain and France still cannot give up the idea that the Big Four allegedly possess some magic power to unite Germany . . . But why should this question be decided by anyone but the Germans themselves...
...professor objects to the blanket rule that has been the policy of the Corporation since Lowell. For the Corporation, this is just a practical financial measure that is completely impersonal. They can only afford to contribute a certain amount to scientific research and they prefer to give assistance to current professors. Bridgman himself has never lodged an official complaint as he feels "it doesn't put a man in a pleasant position to have to urge the value of his own contributions." But he feels that a more flexible retirement plan would not force a man to leave his work...
...University does not support scientific research of retired professors. If the scientist wishes to continue his experiments he has to pay for the necessary equipment himself. Scientific research is much more expensive than work done in other fields, and it requires considerably more money to give a retired professor use of a cyclotron than it does to allow him to retain his study in Widener. The Corporation prefers to let active professors use the expensive equipment, although it does allow the emeritus professor to use the laboratories if he can pay his own overhead...