Word: particularity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...This particular incident is only a symptom of the University's current public relations consciousness. This sensitivity to public opinion has intensified the Dean's Office concern over organizational bad debts mentioned above, and over the problems created by post-war political tensions, which were considered yesterday. In each case the fact that people blame Harvard rather than the specific undergraduate group involved has led the Dean's Office to try to prevent ahead of time actions which could lead to an unfavorable public reaction...
...particular, Flanders opposed excise taxes, as "weighted against the lower income groups...
...Council member David C. Poskanzer '50 said he could not understand the necessity for a set of rules 24 pages long. In "questioning the whole philosophy of these rules," Poskanzer said, "No rules can possibly cover every particular situation, so I think five pages should hold all the requirements necessary...
...that did not worry Adenauer. In his 13-man cabinet, eight Christian Democrat ministers (of the remaining five, three are Free Democrats, two are members of the German Party) always assure him of a working majority. When he is asked if he can get cabinet approval of a particular measure, he is apt to say bluntly: "Don't worry. I am at least 70% of that cabinet...
...third and most important reason why this particular statement should not have come out at this time is that the Ivy League scheduling meeting irritated many other Ivy League schools and it is doubtful that this will react to Bingham's advantage when it comes to making up he 1952 football slate...