Word: possessiveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...generation of Russians taught by Pravda that Stalin was the greatest agriculturalist, philologist, geneticist, political scientist and military commander was told last week, just as categorically: "No matter how experienced leaders are, no matter what knowledge and talents they possess, they cannot succeed in replacing the whole collective. The most important principle is that decisions should be based on the experience of many, should be the fruit of collective creation...
...have in the past had to bear the brunt of each English team's travel expenses. Since the meets do not draw well here, the funds would this year, as usual, have to be provided outright by each college. The H.A.A. has decided that it does not this year possess the necessary two to three thousand dollars; Princeton, Yale, and Cornell are somewhat uncertain...
...began seaching around for further signs of the reversion to Edwardianism, and to our dismay, we found several. Although we've seen nobody wearing a bowler, we know there are several floating around. Various acquaintances are known to possess slim, black walking sticks. And the other day on Plympton Street, we noticed somebody wearing a black cape...
Miller countered by repeating the post five values which the decade did possess Although the twenties felt their history to be nothing but that of a group of the late individuals the despite new appears as the culmination of a tread of independent rebellion which began in the 18th century...
Such missives, of course, were typical of the Rev. Mr. Dodgson. But it was undoubtedly Mr. Lewis Carroll who had the final word about the life of a curator Surely," he wrote one day, "any curator worthy of the name would be found if physically tested, to possess a density directly and a gravity inversely varying as the potency of port; if tested anatomically, to have the word 'wine' neatly emblazoned on his heart; and if finally submitted to quantitative analysis, to consist primarily of C4H602," which, in early 19th century chemistry, spells alcohol...