Word: present
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President, however, said he recognized that the present international situation is not without its aspects "sufficiently grim to frighten many...
...vote is taken at a meeting of the full board, called especially to discuss the issue. Discussions last between two and three hours, and occasionally members of the faculty are invited to sit in as consultants. The arguments of the side that wins the vote are presented in the editorial: but if the vote is close, the writer attempts to present the stand moderately...
When the issue is less controversial or less important, policy is determined by a majority vote of the people present at an "editorial policy" meeting. These include everybody on the editorial board and anyone else on the paper who happens to be interested in showing up. Sometimes the issue is minor, and only a handful are present. More often--on subjects like the War Memorial, or the tuition boost, or the HAA's seating system--anywhere from fifteen to twenty-five people appear. Usually at least one or two of them are particularly well-informed on the subject at hand...
...Company plans to open a new exchange on Saturday, October 16. Constructed in a wing of the present office, these switchboards will cover the back-log of 2000 applications that has been piling up for the past year...
...MacLeish Present...