Word: moving
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Demanding any level of math achievement as a prerequisite for admission would be an unhealthy move. The present requirements are in line with those of many universities; instituting a math requirement would assume that Harvard's influence in elevating high-school standards is quite significant. Such an assumption does not seem well-grounded; for the schools which would respond by directing their college prospects to take the courses Harvard demands are probably those schools who now teach the most mathematics anyway. But the rural, Western and Southern schools which offer only a curricular minimum are unlikely to change to meet...
...transfer would counter Russia's plan to turn East Berlin over to the East German government and would put the West on the diplomatic offensive, Friedrich claimed. In addition, the move would re-establish the legal status in Berlin of the United States, France, and Britain...
Plant. In Brooklyn, when two men robbed James Johnson's grocery of $50, Johnson's watchdog did not make a move, but when Police Captain Frederick Kowsky arrived to investigate...
...year since he returned to power in France, the image of Charles de Gaulle, statesman, had half erased the image of Charles de Gaulle, temperamental Free French leader of World War II. Last week the world's memory was sharply refreshed. In a move that caught his allies flatfooted, De Gaulle denounced a longstanding agreement that obligated France to put one-third of its Mediterranean fleet under NATO command in time...
Some Changes Made. Michiko-san makes an inspiring example of the ability of a Japanese woman to move from the ranks of the common people to the dizzying heights of the imperial throne. But it is a deceptive example. Ever since the peerage was abolished, wealthy industrialist families like the Shodas have become the new peers of Japan, and their daughters are princesses of the realm in everything but the name...