Word: offerings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...political battlefield of Europe it would be the climactic tactic of the war of nerves-the cunning offer of a salve for the nerves the Communists themselves have shredded. There would be a deep, unreasoning sigh of relief from millions of Europeans. It would rise spontaneously and without reflection and it would be heard happily in the halls of the Kremlin. With rehearsed righteousness, a picture would be drawn of the West appearing before a Communist bar of justice, and if the accused did not agree to a 'reasonable' solution, then the jury would be asked to pronounce...
Sculptor William Zorach, whose thickish handiwork stands in eight leading U.S. museums, got an offer from the state of Mississippi, turned it down the same day. No, he would not carve a monument to the late Senator Theodore G. ("The Man") Bilbo; he "could not face the world" if he did-and, offhand, he wasn't able to think of any sculptor who could...
...predicting that such irresponsible attacks would cause the Government to lose its' best scientific talent. Seventy-five percent of the scientists questioned stated that the Condon affair had made them more reluctant to go into Government service. It has made 12% of them "decide to decline any such offer...
...inequalities in the plan is the fact that the new employee will have to work three years before he is eligible to participate in the plan. We consider this unfair. It is a fact that this plan offers more to the employee who has a large number of years to his credit. But it doesn't offer much to the new employee, if he is over the 50 year mark. And if he is over 60 years, he cannot participate...
Past statistics are not available on the truth of the Wellesley superstition, which claims that the winner will be the first senior to wed. Carmen, who comes from Portland, Oregon, said that her present intentions offer little hope for early espousal...