Word: interestingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Reminded the U.S.S.R. that the right of the Soviet satellites to have governments of their own choosing should again be discussed. "There is an intrinsic need of this in the interest of peace and justice, which seems to me compelling...
Concerning your Dec. 23 Education story on "group dynamics": it's men like Educationists jeep and Hollis who are mostly responsible for our youngsters' lack of interest in science, mathematics, languages and other subjects, and who, if they continue to dominate public education, will cause this country to lose the respect of the rest of the world...
Cheese & Beef. Two massive budget items, unchanged from 1958 levels, can be chalked up to past national defense: $5 billion for veterans and $7.9 billion for interest on the national debt. The total bill for past and present national security adds up to about $60.2 billion, or 81% of the entire budget, leaving a mere $13.7 billion for everything else...
Thorneycroft was adamant. In his fight to choke off the inflationary spiral he had drastically limited private bank loans, upped the Bank of England interest rate to its highest level in 37 years, asked industry to reduce investment. Now, he argued, the government must do its part by refusing to increase its spending by so much as a penny. His opponents, keenly aware of the votes that could be lost by cutting family allowances, retorted that the amount involved was trifling-less than 1% of the projected budget. The showdown came at a late-night Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing...
...said that the Slavic Department has recently been consulted by high schools across the country about the possibilities of such a move. The department has never received such inquiries before this year, Lord stated. He felt that the awakening of interest in Russia undoubtedly results from the notoriety produced by the U.S.S.R.'s earth satellites...