Search Details

Word: partials (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Amid the pomp and circumstance of an Olympic-like parade around the Yale track and a post-meet banquet, a combined Crimson and Eli women's squad competed against a partial strength Oxbridge team of nine women in an abbreviated and unscored nine-event matchup...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Crimson-Eli Track Teams Take on Oxbridge Squads | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

...always used trade to further political ends; the most recent example of this was the partial embargo on grain shipments to the Soviet Union after its invasion of Afghanistan. But there has never been a blanket declaration in advance of such a policy on so broad a scale. President Reagan and Secretary of State Alexander Haig support the concept of linkage. But trade veterans decry it as naive. Says one former Carter trade official: "Brock wouldn't advocate such a policy if he had more time on the job." The "anti-linkage" argument is that trade cannot be turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search of a Trade Policy | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the partial Soviet grain embargo continues, despite Reagan's campaign promises to end it. Administration officials fear that lifting the embargo would be seen by the Soviets as a sign of weakness. American farmers, who once loudly protested the embargo, do not seem to be hurting. Most of its ill effects have been offset by increased grain sales to China and Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search of a Trade Policy | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

Students enrolled in a Fine Arts seminar will travel all-expenses-paid to West Germany during spring vacation with partial funding from the Fogg Art Museum, pending approval of the grant by the museum's director...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fine Arts Class to Travel to Germany | 3/7/1981 | See Source »

...come have already worked out Third World forums this year. 4) Some are working on the security campaign on campus--a major interest of women. 5) Many do work with Amnesty International which is concerned with human rights--a particular problem in developing countries. This is just a partial listing of what some non-minority students are doing for issues which at first glance concern minorities but in reality concern all people. Although I too bemoan the single-minded pre-professionalism of the majority of students here, the generalizations that Grafstein makes are "sad and insidious" "signs of the times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Firm Foundation | 2/12/1981 | See Source »

Previous | 295 | 296 | 297 | 298 | 299 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 | 314 | 315 | Next