Word: informs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, the House of Commons, without a dissenting voice, approved second reading of a bill to abolish the common informer. Said M.P. Major Edward Legge-Bourke: "In these times, when, under certain regimes in other countries, neighbors inform on neighbors-in fact it is almost their duty to do so-this bill is a sign of the fact that we detest all that form of sneaking." Said Le Touzel: "I'm finished...
Noble called Mather last Monday, to inform the Geology professor that objection was being raised about his appearance because his name appeared on the Harvard Reducators list. Mather told Noble that in that case he wouldn't go. Noble answered that Syracuse believed in academic freedom, but that it feared repercussions if Mather appeared at the banquet. He requested that Mather appear at the chapel service instead...
...newspapermen were "only human" and tend to make human mistakes. "A responsible paper," he said, "must not play up or discredit stories or personalities. It should not try to sell through distorted headlines. It must present all points of view, and, above all, it must run straight news to inform the reader...
...actual wording of the report, the Overseers must "inform themselves of the many customs and traditions which have strengthened scholarship and society, and especially the tradition of freedom of thought and expression...
While she is there, the Devil, a traditional puppet character now togged out as an American spy, enters and attempts to lure Stalin away from his peacemaking. The Devil is promptly killed. Shortly thereafter, Death himself arrives to inform Stalin that his time is up. "Oh no," pleads Stalin, "I am so busy, I have to work for peace!" Impressed, Death exits gracefully and leaves Stalin master of the scene...