Word: nantes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nant particularly enjoyed his association with Richards, since it enabled him to are more of the professor's daughter, Grace, whom he married in 1921. He advanced to a permanent position in 1925 and in 1927 became a full professor of Chemistry...
...years Conant was noted as much for his anti-Communism as his anti-Nazlism. The latter was then more fashionable issue, however, and thus Co- nant's rejection of a scholarship offer from Nazi publicity man "Putzi" Hanfstaengl '09 caused a national uproar. Conant ignored it and proceeded to send a representative to ceremonies held at Heidelburg University. Accused of inconsistency, Conant pointed out the difference: Hafstaengl represented a party "which had struck at the principles we believe to be fundamental to universities throughout the world," while Heidelburg represented what had been attacked by this party...
...trim Eisenhower jacket without ribbons or medals, back rigid, his face stony - a dis missed commander conscious that history plucked at his sleeve, peered down at him from the lenses of the television cameras. He waited, impassively. As silence fell, he began to speak slowly, in a deep, reso nant voice. "I address you," he said, "with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country." Applause welled up again, interrupting him as it was to do again & again - in all, some 30 times...
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