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Word: present (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...present traffic board in Cambridge is doing all it can, but control of the situation is probably beyond their ability," City Councilor Mrs. Cornelia B. Wheeler stated last night. "It seems sensible now to appoint someone who is well trained in modern urban traffic control." She pointed to "a logical craziness in parking legislation" and the need for urban traffic engineering...

Author: By Alan H. Grossman, | Title: City Councilor Favors Appointment Of Modern City Traffic Specialist | 9/30/1958 | See Source »

...that it definitely started at the foot of an emergency stairwell leading from the basement to the Club, working its way up through the stairwell, which acted as a chimney, to the roof. Fire damage was limited to the stairwell and a few adjoining rooms, but water damage was present throughout the entire building. The Union, which adjoins the building, was unhurt...

Author: By Mark J. Eisner, | Title: Fire Marshal Starts Investigation of Blaze | 9/30/1958 | See Source »

There is another reason for the creation of a strong Presidency. The President of the Republic will be the head of the "Community." This is the name given to the Federal Commonwealth which will be established between the French Republic and its present overseas territories (among which Algeria is not included since it is legally a set of departments incorporated into the Republic...

Author: By Stanley H. Hoffmann, | Title: General DeGaulle's Attempt At Squaring the Circle | 9/30/1958 | See Source »

...deprived of a firm basis in the electorate and more likely to find enemies than friends in Parliament. The wide gap between the political system, operating in an intellectual vacuum and an apathetic country has been one of the causes of the down-fall of the Fourth Republic. The present Constitution, by itself, does nothing to close this gap, except in so far as it provides for the possibility of occasional referendums...

Author: By Stanley H. Hoffmann, | Title: General DeGaulle's Attempt At Squaring the Circle | 9/30/1958 | See Source »

Changes between the last Parliment of the Fourth Republic and the first Parliament of the Fifth are likely to result from the new electoral system as much as from possible shifts in the population's votes. What the system will be is still unknown; it is de Gaulle's present cabinet which will be is still unknown; it is de Gaulle's present cabinet which will determine it, and each party is busy advocating the electoral law which is most likely to increase its representation in the next Assembly...

Author: By Stanley H. Hoffmann, | Title: General DeGaulle's Attempt At Squaring the Circle | 9/30/1958 | See Source »

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