Word: matter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...better known English public schools, and confirmed several of the schoolboys in the chapel. Why his archaic vestments did not give him away at the time, I cannot imagine, but perhaps as Bishop of faraway Madras, the age and condition of his robes did not matter...
...Roosevelt. Items from the first installment (now running in Collier's):1) in 1939 Hopkins seriously considered himself a likely candidate for President and thought F.D.R. did, too; 2) Winston Churchill, admiring Hopkins' ability to get conferences down to brass tacks, called him "Lord Root of the Matter...
...speech, though it was easy to overestimate its importance, nevertheless gave away the real reason for Russia's peace offensive. None of the defeats Communism had suffered were decisive and all could be nullified in a matter of weeks by Western bungling; but they were enough to impel Communism 1) to seek a breathing space for reorganization and political refueling; 2) to try lulling the Western powers into a false sense of security...
Just what individuals make up the student body is the first matter of import. The Harvard degree may be meaningful to an applicant in social, intellectual, or commercial ways. The Committee on Admissions has solved its problem of choice by compromise. While emphasizing the "democratization" of the College, the committee continues to admit a large body of men from a small number of private schools. These men, as has been pointed out, make generous alumni, and they therefore perform a valuable function while Harvard remains a privately endowed institution. Nonetheless the Admissions Committee should continue to work toward the most...
...shaft begins operating, 30 months from now, Kelley expects to get out another 2,500,000,000 pounds of copper. Getting the ore, at one-fifth the cost of conventional methods, Kelley hopes to do it cheaply enough to keep going in Butte for at least 35 years, no matter what the ups & downs of the market...