Word: greekness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...debate i) Greece's complaint against her Communist neighbors, 2) the Italian colonies, 3) Russia's proposal for a Big Five "peace pact," 4) Palestine, 5) Indonesia and 6) the report of the Security Council. The committee had just disposed of item No. i by passing the Greek issue on to a conciliation commission when it had to make room on its agenda for a new problem. The Chinese had placed a formal charge before the Assembly that Moscow had violated the 1945 Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance, by such acts as robbing Manchuria of most...
...less enlightened, they begin to worry about them. They think in global terms-about Indonesia, Liberia and Main Street. So many wanted to learn about Russia that the college set up a Russian department. The classics major is just about extinct (one major in Latin last year, none in Greek). It is the time to be a social scientist and to be haunted by the woes of the world...
...Tools. Then, still 18 hours before news of Russia's advance to the atomic bomb, the Senate approved the arms bill, 55 to 24, allocating $1 billion for eight Atlantic pact partners in Europe, $211 million for Greek-Turkish aid, $27 million for Korea, Iran and the Philippines. Also approved: $75 million for aid to China, to be spent at the discretion of the President...
...start, Oakeshott in 1946 got a promise of financial aid from the local school board and reserved 25 places at slightly reduced fees (?226) for boys from state-financed primary schools. But of the 40 examined, only three could pass the entrance exams, with their emphasis on Latin and Greek. In 1947, 25 were examined and none could pass: Winchester still had to draw its new boys from private primary schools. Last year again no qualified students were found among the state-school applicants. Oakeshott's proposed solution: better education in the government's schools. "Then," says...
...Entertainment Bureau, a division of the Student Employment Office in Weld Hall, farms out magicians, guitarists, pianists, bagpipers, glass blowers, dance orchestras, and experts on the Greek underground to clubs, churches, or schools in Greater Boston. There is no booking charge made to either employer or employee...