Word: manner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...finding herself childless, a widow, and sole executor of a large estate, she began, in a "wary, hardbitten, and vigilant manner" to carry on the tradition of the merchant aristocracy to which she had always belonged...
...concise paragraphs, you have outlined the railroad featherbedding issue in a manner understandable to all. "Featherbedding v. an Honest Day's Work" has become a matter of vital interest to the public, and your presentation of this situation is an excellent...
...this atmosphere of unparalleled good will, Dwight Eisenhower will this week get his first look at India. What manner of country...
...complete "verified statements" reporting payola, schlockmeistering. bribes, undercover plugs and similar activities that have gone on during the past 13 months. The commission had found its authority in a section of the Communications Act of 1934, which requires that stations name on the air all people who in any manner pay to have material broadcast. The FCC poll will probably not reflect anything like the amount of bread that has actually changed hands, since many breadwinners can be expected to deny that they have ever been on the take...
...announcement evoked harsh comment from the executive committee of Columbia's student council, which issued a statement that it is "unalterably opposed to the manner in which the proposed tuition rise was presented to the student body...