Word: letting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...maintained tariff walls against U.S. goods or tight controls on dollar purchases. Samples: Britain still limits or bars a long list of U.S. goods ranging from construction machinery to comic books; France excludes U.S. bourbon while buying British Scotch; Japan requires licensing for 70% of her imports, will not let Japanese businessmen buy some imports from the U.S. even when U.S. prices are cheaper. Last week...
Days after the incident, 21 Harvard students were placed on probation for terms of up to four months, while the Princetonians arrested were let off with a reprimand...
...Mongolian or Hindi. With a paucity of teachers understanding these tongues, the Council hit upon the use of tape recorders and a direct approach to the language: Submerge the student in an atmosphere of the language from the very first by use of a recorded master voice and let him absorb the language gradually as does a child. This experiment rapidly expanded, however, with the start of the war. The Armed Services had to teach foreign languages--both well and quickly. Thus, the Army Specialized Training Program was established, by which draftees learned new tongues in a matter of weeks...
Specializing in a particularly devastating pass rush, the forwards have also shown crunching, precise, double teaming, good enough to let the backfield pile up the best offensive record in the league...
...roommates walked in, carrying a green bookbag in one had, and several pages of notes in the other. He walked around the room for a while, first searching for his mail, then for a place to throw his jacket. "Vag," he said, "I'm about studied out. Let's both get to bed early so we can make breakfast tomorrow morning...