Word: rampart
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...invader most of Iran's territory, nearly two-thirds of its population, and Teheran itself. Not unreasonably, Hussein Ala objected. Iran, he warned, proposed to defend "every inch" of its territory. In other words, Iran was not interested in providing the site of METO's rampart if most of Iran was left outside...
...issue reportedly originated, however, with the publication of an advertisement in another student weekly, the Rampart, which was submitted by an organization not on the List. This advertised a mock trial of Senator McCarthy...
...issue reportedly originated, however, with the publication of an advertisement in another student weekly, the Rampart, which was submitted by an organization not on the List. This advertised a mock trial of Senator McCarthy...
...Finally, and by no means least, today the private schools . . . are the last rampart against the dead hand of the educators of educators . . . They choose teachers on a basis of character, ability, and depth of knowledge of the subject to be taught, and are relatively uninterested in training in 'education' ... By & large, the private schools have not bought the dreadful theory that if a teacher has studied education, he does not have to have a real mastery of the subject he is teaching in school...
...Some kind of war machine, I suppose,' Bertrand said. 'Is it possible to use it for getting down on to a rampart...