Word: impetuses
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...western world's-confidence in him. True, the Assembly vote had borne out his oft-repeated contention (in the face of the U.S. State Department's insistence to the contrary) that there was not a majority for EDC in the Assembly. But conceivably, on the impetus of his triumphs in Geneva and Tunisia, Mendès could have pushed EDC through. He still had, and has, great popular support in a country which is fed to the teeth with most of the old political faces...
...Cohn "used the full power of his position . . . to obtain preferential treatment for [Schine] . . . Mr. Cohn was unrelenting to the point of harassment to give impetus to his requests in behalf of Mr. Schine . . . His unreasonableness in the matter of the concessions he asked for Mr. Schine was conceded by [McCarthy...
...pestilence served America, as well as the rest of mankind, as truly as did the soldier who gave his life in battle ... It does not diminish America's gain to know that others benefitted as well, nor does it subtract from the end result to know that the impetus came from a desire to 'promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world.' " ¶ That the foundations have an "internationalist" bias. "We find it puzzling to be called upon to defend what seems to us to be so obvious, that American scholarship should encompass other cultures...
Beaty's constant anti-Semitism has received new impetus during the current McCarthyist wave of anti-Communism...
Currently there is the feeling in University Hall that these schools have been overemphasized during the past half century and a growing group favors a "Back to the College Movement." This group has gained considerable impetus since the inauguration of President Pusey, who is a strong supporter of the undergraduate...