Word: lessening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...managers of McCormack's campaign do no seriously expect him to get the Democratic nomination. Their aims are to lessen Stevenson's support and possible to secure the second spot on the ticket for McCormack...
...historians, professors, and museum people--working in the field of Fine Arts in the United States. Several other graduate schools--New York University, for example--are currently matching Harvard in quality, but fall far below in quanity. Coolidge hopes that others will come into the field to lessen the University's burden. "There is nothing," he says, "that we would welcome more than a decrease in this responsibility...
...during his preinauguration tour, Kubitschek stressed that his administration will welcome foreign investment. For the power and transportation sectors of the program, the administration will also need development loans from the U.S. Government. Urgently needed is U.S. aid in refunding Brazil's existing foreign debts so as to lessen the yearly bite. Just at inauguration time, the U.S. Export-Import Bank announced equipment loans totaling $55 million to Brazilian government-run enterprises ; obvious in the timing was Washington's intent to show its good will toward the new administration...
...NAACP has followed this course with notable success. In the North, NAACP groups have led civic campaigns to lessen race tension, using noise as a key weapon. Numerous state and municipal FEPC laws have followed NAACP-inspired pressure. The supreme court cases on segregation in education, transportation, and recreational facilities were argued by Association lawers, and pending Congressional legislation includes bills for national unsegregated public housing, medical care, and sanitation, sponsored by the NAACP...
...other hand, many Negro newsmen feel that rising living and educational standards will continue to lessen the demand for a Negro press. But few of them believe that the Negro's interests will be wholly integrated with those of the white man for at least another half-century. Says Ebony's Johnson: "When that happens we'll gladly go out of business...