Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Morgenthau argued that the U.S. attempt to contain Communism was "eminently successful in Europe against the Soviet Union," but "is bound to fail in Asia against China," Brzezinski said caustically: "I would like to suggest, respectfully, that Professor Morgenthau is wrong." Were the U.S. to pull out of Asia, Brzezinski added, "the Chinese will have been proven right, and this would be a highly destabilizing condition for world peace...
short of the record for the four-mile pull down the Thames. That made it three in a row for Harvard-and 53-47 on the series-with signs of more to come as both the frosh and junior-varsity crews rowed to victory by wide margins...
...architect really had lots of guts on pull something like this," Charles Babcock, the architect's Harvard liaison turned public relations man for the day, said. "Air-conditioning and modern lighting have made windows old-fashioned...
...explained. "But like all good designs, it turned out to be very expensive--about $1.5 million. We made a lot of changes. The TV studio wasn't in the original plans. We had to raise the said his life is intertwined with ceiling two feet for that. WGBH will pull their truck right in here," gesturing at the dusty courtyard, "until Harvard starts its own station in the fall. Before long the whole University will be interconnected by television...
...exchange holdings in British gilt-edged bonds, thus swelling the reserves that Britain can use to defend the pound. When these countries run into deficits in their foreign trade, which happens particularly when commodity prices drop, the situation changes: the sterling area members cash in their bonds and thus pull down Britain's reserves. This is precisely what occurred this year; so far, the sterling nations have reduced their British-held balances to a two-year low of $225 million...