Word: matter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Assertion. Notes of protest handed last week to Soviet ambassadors in Washington, London and Paris were about as strong as diplomatic notes can be. Said the U.S. note: "The U.S. Government categorically asserts that it is in occupation of its sector in Berlin with free access thereto as a matter of established right ... It will not be induced by threats, pressures or other actions to abandon these rights . . . The U.S. Government is therefore obliged to insist that . . . traffic between the Western zones and Berlin be fully restored. There can be no question of delay...
...charge of nationalism against Tito is a different matter. That one is true, and it is precisely the point where Tito's party is much more closely akin to the Russian party than the Czech, Hungarian, French, British or U.S. Communist parties...
...teach five classes a day," she said, "a total of 176 students. Under these circumstances, I can barely cover the subject matter of my courses, let alone give my students the individual attention they need." In addition, she presides an hour each day over the study hall. She is chairman of the student assembly, chairman of the School Spirit Committee, "homeroom" adviser for 35 students, coach for junior class plays, chairman of the faculty social committee...
...knows for certain what makes supernovae explode. One theory: when they reach some unstable state their matter "collapses." The electrons circling around the atomic nuclei move inward and combine with the equal number of protons that they find in the nucleus, forming neutrons. These occupy very little space compared with the original atom, and can pass through ordinary matter...
...most people, getting up in the morning, even if not the happiest moment of their lives, is merely a routine matter. For some others, getting out of bed immediately makes it ten to one against them; awakening brings an emotional hangover that has nothing to do with liquor.*The day ahead seems impossible and even death preferable. Usually, with the routine of washing, dressing and breakfast, the gloom wears off and life seems worth living again...