Word: presentments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Climaxing the day's events will be an evening program in Sanders Theatre. Described as "a portrait of student life at the College," the program will present talks on academic and extra-curricular activities by undergraduates, graduates, and faculty members. Among the speakers will be a Ph.D. candidate discussing her thesis with a professor, several undergraduates explaining why they came to Radcliffe, and a teaching fellow...
...further wide-scale revision of the present Army ROTC program has also received Bundy's approval and is now awaiting action by the government. The plan recommends a reduction in Military Science courses to give the students more freedom in planning their schedules and "hopefully, to draw a larger number of undergraduates into the program," Col. Armstrong said...
...which his Christian Democratic Union will have a majority--there may also be some significant, though unwritten constitutional changes in the Bonn Republic. Adenauer has said that he intends to keep a firm grip on foreign affairs, an implication that he will be more active than is the present cultivated professor of classics who holds the office. And the Bonn "Constitution" gives the President a vague and as yet undefined voice in external matters: "The Federal President shall represent the Federation in matters concerning international law. He shall conclude treaties with foreign states on behalf of the Federation. . . ." When Adenauer...
...will inherit the mantle, although some have speculated on Finance Minister Franz Etzel's chances. In the years since Adenauer took office there have been several contenders for the succession: Schaeffer, the original Finance Minister was the first, but too unsavory a connection with past scandals descredited him. The present foreign minister Heinrich von Brento seems unable to generate enthusiasm; Franz-Josef Strauss, Defense Minister, not composer, was also in the running for a time...
...present heir fairly apparent is a great advocate of free enterprise within certain limits set by the state, such as anti-cartel policy. He popularized his Social-Market Economy, a synthesis of welfare coverage and a high degree of freedom for German businesses. Erhard's stocky form and cigar seem almost symbolic of the sucess which rewarded West German reconstruction efforts...