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...most spectacular of the ten-year accomplishments of Dean David was his ability to raise over $12,000,000 during 1949 and 1950 for the school's future expansion. The impetus for this most intensive bit of fund-raising in recent Harvard history was, of course, the $5,000,000 given in June, 1919 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. on the condition that it be matched by an equal amount within a year...
During two world wars, British science and British industry grew closer together again under the impetus of military necessity. But even now, "the rate at which scientific knowledge is being applied in many industries is too small and too slow . . . The natural conservatism of laymen has acted as a powerful brake to the adoption of new ideas . . . [There is] lack of a coordinated system of scientific and technological education in this country . . . The buying up and suppression of patents and discoveries to protect equipment from becoming obsolete has also been known to happen . . . It is a sad reflection that...
...expensive venture for China. Last week, as General Marshall once again dropped in on Chou En-lai's side of the world to pay a surprise visit to the Korean front (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), rumors of cease-fire filled the air in Western capitals. They were given added impetus by a recent Chinese republication of a 1937 essay by Mao Tse-tung underlining the fact that a revolutionary leader must be able to switch policies at a moment's notice according to changing circumstances. Mao's lieutenant, the resilient Chou, had long since proved his ability...
Committee of Cardinals. Civiltà Cattolica's article gave new impetus to Vatican rumors that the Pope is planning an important realignment and expansion of the Holy See's diplomatic machinery. Having spent almost his entire priesthood in the diplomatic service (nine years of it as Secretary of State), Pius XII now serves as his own Secretary of State and is reputed to have accomplished some of the most skillful diplomatic egg-walking of modern times. But before long, Vatican observers report, the Pope may turn the job of directing the enlarged diplomatic service over to a committee...
There have been indications that the New York price war is spreading to Boston. Sears Roebuck's announcement has given added impetus to such tendencies...