Word: longer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Will de Gaulle's Constitution, the twelfth since 1789 by my count, succeed in giving to the Fifth Republic a longer and better life than the four previous ones enjoyed...
...longer would they be obliged to undertake the annual pilgrimage to the nation's capital to meet formally and informally with students from colleges throughout the country. Harvard's problems, Marc Leland, President of the Council, explained, are of a "different" nature from those on other college campuses...
...Gaulle's own greatness lies in his repeated challenge to them to prove their worth. The novelist and polemecist, Francois Mauriac, has well understood the nature of de Gaulle's present effort when he interpreted the General to mean: "When I will no longer be there, I will continue to serve you through the institutions I have given you, and I will protect you, as I have always wanted to, from the misfortunes you bring upon yourselves. For what is true of individuals is also true of nations: their character is their destiny...
...declined only 158,807 shares to 5,646,414 shares, still one of the biggest totals in history. While a big short position is usually a prop under the market because it ensures buying to cover at lower levels, Wall Streeters point out that this may no longer be true. Many investors are now protecting profits by short sales,* plan to deliver later stock that they already...
...still fit and handsome. If his plays have not been great, they have at least been craftsmanlike and successful. If Tom has a fault, it is that he gives his first loyalty to the theater, something that not even an actress can forgive. But in any case, Emily no longer matters much to Tom. It is Rhoda, his first wife and only love, who fills his thoughts. Any Marquand fan knows what happens next: a flashback (by the best flashback man in the business since Proust) that illuminates the whole life, the loyalties and griefs, the prejudices and honest confusion...