Word: importations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cultural Organization early discovered that ideas could transcend almost anything but foreign exchange. In those days, even with UNESCO's help, a student in a soft-currency nation who wanted to sample hard-currency wisdom in printed form had to negotiate with a staggering array of government agencies, import license bureaus, customs men and international bankers. Four years ago UNESCO tried printing exchangeable coupons, but found itself still hamstrung by the differing currencies of its member nations...
...till now Dane hasn't been able to obtain a permit to import the live caterpillar eggs, so ten days ago Walcott and he smuggled some in from Canada. However, these caterpillars won't be ready until next spring--too late to collect...
Virtue seems to be getting the upper hand, however. Walcott admitted yesterday, "we'd better get an import permit; the customs may be laying for as this time...
...afraid of that term just because it's a five-dollar, five-syllable word. 'Psychological warfare' is the struggle for the minds and wills of men. Many people think [it] means just the use of propaganda . . . But [that] is not the most important part in this struggle. The present Administration has never yet been able to grasp the full import of a psychological effort put forth on a national scale. What would such a ... national strategy mean? . . . The selection of broad, national purposes . . . Every significant act of Government should be so timed . . . so related to other governmental...
...greater import than the hill itself was the fact that the new ROK army -which now outnumbers the U.S. and all other U.N. units combined-had proved itself a brave and effective fighting force. Twelve months ago, General Van Fleet began pulling the ROK units out of line for thorough training, regrouping and refitting. Recently, U.S. liaison officers have been saying that the ROKs had been metamorphosed into first-class infantry fighters. Without the test of battle, nobody could be sure. White Horse was the test...