Word: modern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...paying his respects to Churchill. In conferences before the European invasion, Churchill repeatedly said: "General, if by the coming winter you have established yourself ... on the Continent, and have . . . freed beautiful Paris from the hands of the enemy, I will assert the victory to be the greatest of modern times." Long before that winter was over, Ike's armies had done much more: they were poised on the frontiers of Germany...
...when the gridiron has turned into a scientific laboratory, the modern football strategist does little more than got his hands cold of a Saturday afternoon. The real mental battle takes place several hours later in the warmth and quiet of a projection room. Here is where the coach sifts the men from the boys, and alibis vanish at 82 frames per second...
...system worked fine except for two obstacles. First, lenses and film worked slowly in 1928, and once the late afternoon shadows had set over the gridiron, movies were difficult to make. Modern technology cleared up this difficulty so that now even night game mov- les look like they were filmed at high soon...
More tutored in modern theories (and notably by Harvard economists), the Democrats on the whole will adhere to modern principles; they long ago buried Gladstonian theories of public finance. But the Democrats would be foolish indeed if they were wedded to a single principle of public policy. Modern fiscal policy concentrates on the stability objective; but the Government must also be concerned with equity. Fiscal policy in a great inflation may well call for sales taxes and heavy income taxes on the masses. Indeed, the 1948 tax bill reflected incorrect fiscal policy because it involved reduced taxes...
...situation at Sanders is intrinsically bad--there is enough activity to utilize two modern, fully-equipped auditoriums--by this one step the Dean's office can make a space application a reasonably clear-cut procedure...