Word: merely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Being Practical. Notably absent from the peace conference was Guerrilla Chief Phizo, whose ill-clad, ill-fed, weary and malaria-ridden troops were reported reduced to a mere 1,000. The agreement with Nehru had been reached without their consent by tribal chieftains who were fed up with the war. and convinced that Phizo's headhunters are pretty poor rifle shots anyway. Many of the chiefs had also come to realize that Nehru would never grant complete independence to a frontier people so close to Red-occupied Tibet. For the sake of expedience and compromise, Phizo was momentarily swept...
...because the vernacular used has since changed in shade of meaning) the total drama shows the dignity and worth of "nigger Jim." Indeed, Huck's own moral growth is a function of his affection and respect for Jim. Other whites show badly in comparison as Jim teaches Huck not mere tolerance, but love. That the process is slow and painful and that it takes place in a still-enslaved South provide a realism which enhances the educational value of the book as a humane document...
...uniqueness of Harvard society produces an unusual type of political organization. Now it may be true that many student politicians are motivated by self-interest, but at least a few work for other ideals than their own self-advancement. At Harvard, however, political clubs too often seem to be mere instruments in the striving for power of the individuals composing them. There is very little work done for the party, most of the energy available is dissipated in seeking offices within the club itself...
...standard 15% fee (some $150,000 yearly) on talent used on the show. Revson's brother Martin, the only Revson who would comment last week, insists that the Norman agency was dropped because it began handling a rival show, The Big Surprise. Snapped Martin: "Norman is just a mere infant, that's all. He should shut up." Whatever the truth, Charlie Revson and Norman did not get along. "Revson has good ad sense," says Norman, "but he has to be forced. The Fire and Ice promotion was put over his dead body, even though it was the best...
...Chairman of the faculty committee for the Phillips Brooks House Association Buttrick advocates as much student autonomy as possible. He takes a similar "hands off" attitude toward his other work, and decries administrators who "use people as mere objects to be squeezed into blueprints." Accordingly, Buttrick's plans for the future of Memorial Church hinge on the establishment of an advisory-type committee, possibly this fall, to aid him in making decisions...