Word: pers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which a compromise is possible. I don't have to cut all your throats; I only need to cut a half of your throat.' This is the kind of thing into which we are being led by the incredible view that any sort of negotiation is good per se." In only one area, said Acheson, can negotiation really benefit the West: hardheaded discussion of disarmament that aims toward shortening the offensive "reach," both nuclear and conventional, of the nations...
Today, two-thirds of the world's population lives in areas that produce only one-third of the world's food. In parts of Algeria in the weeks just before harvest, peasants and their families subsist on acorn biscuits or boiled juniper berries. In Latin America, per capita agricultural production is nearly 6% lower than it was before World War II, and in Asia it is 10% lower...
...whose stride is rated the most beautiful in football, a smooth flow of power that whisks him through the frantic flurry of broken-field blocks and tackles with deceptive ease. On a team that is going nowhere, Matson has broken loose so often that he averages 5.4 yds. per carry...
...chief reasons for this increase, Medical School officials say, is their student financial aid program. During the past decade, financial aid to medical students has gone up 740 per cent. During the same period, tuition rates went up only 73 per cent. Since 62 per cent of the School's tuition money is used for financial aid, officials feel the raise is justified...
Endowment income for both the Medical and Dental Schools rose only 99 percent during a period when total expenses increased 166 per cent...