Word: interested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dewey had made some handsome promises. In some instances he had out-dealt the New Deal. But as Russell Davenport, who had brain-trusted Willkie's campaign, pointed out: Dewey's interest was "in the manipulation of political machinery and in saying the right thing just before it was too late...
...Patriarch Alexei to bring all the Eastern churches "home." to Russia. The Turkish government (unofficially Moslem) unofficially indicated that it would be "very, very satisfied" by Athenagoras' election. The only opposition came from those who opposed the election of a non-Turk or who resented the obvious political interest of the Turkish government and the Western nations...
Selection for the committee was based not only on expressed interest in student advising, but also on "open minds," Buck said. None of the members is associated with any part of the present advisory system...
Sunnyhill, which has few manufacturing facilities of its own, still has one big obstacle to overcome: production of the machine. (Joy is already working on commercial versions of its model.) But Sunnyhill's machine has already created so much interest among would-be manufacturers that the company expects limited production to start "within a few months...
...recently published book, "The European Recovery Program," Mr. Harris contends that ERP was inspired by "self-interest rather than charity," and states further that he progress in "being used by special interest groups...