Word: indirectness
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...Arab tragedy in Palestine is real; I believe that with luck, determination and more political sagacity than they have shown heretofore the Palestinians will get their state. But no one who sees them as indirect victims of Hitler is doing them a real service. Alfred A. Greenbaum '50 University of Haifa
...ways in which low-weight, sluggish bowel movements might contribute to so many diverse diseases are complex and indirect, the Burkitt group concedes. Diverticulosis-in which the large bowel is deeply pitted and fecal material is trapped in the crevices-appears to be directly related to a diet rich in such highly refined carbohydrates as white flour and sugar. Tumors, both benign and malignant, are related to biochemical and bacterial changes caused by long retention of feces. As for heart disease: "Evidence is accumulating that shows that the removal of fiber from the diet raises serum cholesterol levels, a process...
...opponents of the stiff new levies complained that the indirect taxes soaked the poor. Communist Labor Leader Luciano Lama protested that "the measures are not equitably distributed and the utilization of funds so unjustly collected does not in any way assure investments and social services." Lama warned that the regional work stoppages, along with strikes in services, were not "bonfires of straw that would go out in a few minutes." Labor leaders, for the most part, are willing to wait until autumn to let the government decrees take corrective effect. But they are being pressed by militant workers who resent...
...Unanimously supported resolutions calling on International Telephone and Telegraph and Ford to disclose their direct and indirect political contributions during the past year...
...Agnew to subpoena "all documents, papers, letters, photographs, audio and visual tapes" and "all manuscripts, notes, tape recordings of communication," and "all drafts, copies and final drafts of stories, columns and/or reports" and "all writings and other forms of record, including drafts, reflecting or related to direct or indirect communications...