Word: impressive
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...July and August of 1965, Reischauer returned to the U.S. for a brief visit to impress on Americans "that a large number of Japanese have grave fears about our intentions in Asia...
...main ingredient is our own solidarity." For one thing, the West itself was not yet united on the terms for a settlement in Europe. For another, NATO's defense machinery must be kept oiled and ready, both to meet any sudden stiffening within the Communist bloc and to impress upon the Soviets that the West, although eager to pursue rapprochement, can be invited, but not shoved to the conference table...
...nation's Ph.D.s, recently agreed in principle on the awarding of a similar "all-but-dissertation" degree, jokingly called the A.B.D. and more formally termed the Certificate of Candidacy, pending agreement on a more apt name. The aim, says Northwestern Graduate Dean Robert Baker, is to "impress the educational world with the validity of this stage of training." The Graduate Council at the University of California's Berkeley campus is studying a faculty recommendation to offer a similar degree to be called a Doctor of Arts...
Andersen's 9.7 won't impress a field that has five men at 9.5 or under. Don Ardinger of Gettysburg has turned in a 9.4, but the probable favorite is oft-injured Sam Perry of Fordham. Ray Pollard of Morgan State, Jim Lee of Maryland, and defending champion Earl Horner of Villanova have also been clocked...
...past three years the CPEO has sent college faculty members to over 500 high schools in poverty stricken areas, mostly in the South to impress seniors with the need for further education...