Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beyond all else, is t01) end Berlin's status as an outpost of Western power, and 2) oblige the West to accept, openly or implicitly, the permanence of the East German Communist state. To force the West's hand, Khrushchev denies that the Western powers any longer possess World War II "conquerors' rights" in Germany -which means that he does not concede them any legal justification for maintaining forces in Berlin or any legitimate interest in the future of East Germany. If there is to be any link between East and West Germany, it must1) be negotiated...
...soloist, Neal Zaslaw and Richard Oldberg, both possess extremely fine techniques, which enabled them to handle easily the involved passage-work with which Mozart fills out his instrumental concertos. Zaslaw, playing the first Flute Concerto, in G, used a tone which, while more breathy than some tastes prefer, is even and manageable enough for delicate articulation. Oldberg's tone also veers away from the "pure" school, toward the specifically brassy sound...
...features, a cooperative dorm falls far short of a Harvard House. A cooperative residence will lake tutorial staff, library, and that minimum of gracious living designed to remove the chores of cooking and maintenance which interfere with the proper pursuit of undergraduate learning. Perhaps most important, the Houses possess a heterogeneous grouping of students the cooperative houses cannot offer. The idea of a cooperative house is, to a great degree, a compromise with the goals of Harvard education...
...case in nearly every swimming meet, the Crimson's opponents possess talent in some events--but, in the Bruin's case--only a little talent. Star sprinter Ed Nicholson, is the major threat on the Bruin squad...
...Cushing replaced Poulsen as president of Squaw Valley Development. Today, a bitter Poulsen still controls choice homesites in the valley (and stands to become a millionaire with the land boom caused by Cushing's getting the Olympics), but Cushing and the corporation have exclusive ski rights, since they possess the only lift permit allotted to the area by the U.S. Forest Service...