Word: maining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Moiotov duly delivered a statement which was somewhat more specific and a shade more conciliatory than his earlier diatribes. But its main point still was Russia's old demand for $10 billion reparations from Germany, to which the Western powers were not prepared to agree...
...their main purpose, the delegates generated more strife than peace. When little Uruguay tried to discard the old aggressive pride of nations, others pounced on her furiously. It was proposed that Spanish be made an official UNESCO language, which would complicate proceedings considerably. Uruguay tried to be peaceable, voted against the proposal. The other Spanish-speaking countries forced the conference to term "official" the languages of all UNESCO members...
UNESCO also voted a budget of $7,682,637 and an educational program grouped under six main headings: "Man Helping Man to Recover From War"; "Man Speaking for Man"; "Man Helping Man Grow in Knowledge"; "Man Exchanging with Man the Best He Has"; "Men Living Together"; "Man Helping Man to Know and to Control Nature...
Election of class committees composes the main portion of the recommendations. Beginning with the choice of a Sophomore committee, a system of three bodies would be set up--Sophomore, Junior, and Permanent Class Committees. The Sophomore committee would not be chosen until the class has been in College three terms, in order to eliminate the election of a group on insufficient knowledge of candidates...
Students struggling through elementary language courses are in the unhappy position of poor relations at a family Christmas dinner. While their neighbors gorge themselves on meaty courses like English 1 and History 1, the language beginners nibble ruefully on lean and rather unappetizing fare. The main obstacle to an improvement in their educational diet is the blind insistence on "reading" as the sole basis and final end of a study of language. This insistence narrows potentially broad studies to mere intellectual workouts. Yet the College requirement of a reading knowledge forces most undergraduates to take this program...